Francisco Terrace South San Francisco, CA
A very small pocket of single-family homes in central South San Francisco.
Living in Francisco Terrace
Francisco Terrace is a small neighborhood tucked off Spruce Avenue and El Camino Real, built between 1948 and 1950 on marshy land that had scared developers away for years. It's one of South San Francisco's smallest MLS areas, with only one or two sales in a typical year, so there isn't enough recent data for a reliable median; sales since 2024 have ranged from about $955K to $1.24M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a garage and a driveway, and street parking is generally manageable. Shopping along El Camino Real and Grand Avenue is close by, and the South San Francisco BART and Caltrain stations and Highway 101 are a few minutes away.
What homes in Francisco Terrace are doing
Prices peaked in 2022 at $1.15M.
Median single-family price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 single-family sales; treat those medians as rough. 34 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 2 few sales | $1M | $801 | 43 | 104.3% |
| 2025 | 1 few sales | $1.24M | $682 | 12 | 124.3% |
| 2024 | 1 few sales | $955K | $1,273 | 16 | 97.9% |
| 2023 | 1 few sales | $1.2M | $759 | 21 | 96.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | $1.15M | $766 | 12 | 105.4% |
| 2021 | 4 | $1.11M | $640 | 8 | 106.7% |
| 2020 | 3 | $1.02M | $777 | 47 | 102.5% |
| 2019 | 3 | $1.07M | $561 | 19 | 106.6% |
| 2018 | 3 | $810K | $676 | 9 | 111.7% |
| 2017 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 9 | $705K | $524 | 14 | 111.7% |
| 2015 | 2 few sales | $890K | $396 | 15 | 105.6% |
Francisco Terrace on the map
Borders are built lot by lot from the county's property lines and where homes have been listed (MLS neighborhood codes), and stay inside official city limits (dashed), so a home or two along an edge may differ from official MLS lines.
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Source: MLSListings, Inc. closed sales, 2015–September 2026, summarized by Drew Lehr. Neighborhood figures combine the MLS area(s) that make up Francisco Terrace; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.