Southwood South San Francisco, CA
A small neighborhood of single-family homes near Orange Memorial Park.
Living in Southwood
Southwood is a classic mid-century neighborhood just north of Avalon Park, built in the late 1940s and 1950s on part of the former Baden town site during South San Francisco's great postwar expansion. Its quiet, narrow streets are lined with evenly spaced single-story homes (a few since expanded to two stories), a neighborhood park and more than its share of white picket fences. About 3 to 6 homes sell here each year, and it's been one of the city's strongest performers: the median rose about 68% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, with a 12-month median around $1.38M.
Parking & walkability: Most homes have a garage and a driveway, and street parking is generally easy. Orange Memorial Park is close by, El Camino Real's shops and downtown's Grand Avenue are a short drive or bike ride, and the South San Francisco BART station and Highway 280 are a few minutes away.
What homes in Southwood are doing
Single-family homes in Southwood sold for a median of about $812K in 2015–16 and $1.36M in 2024–25, a 68% increase, ahead of South San Francisco as a whole (+54%). Prices peaked in 2022 at $1.5M. In 2025, homes here sold at a moderate pace (median 15 days on market) and usually above asking (107.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (5 sales through September), the median is $1.45M.
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. 84 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 5 | $1.45M | $1,036 | 12 | 108.3% |
| 2025 | 6 | $1.36M | $949 | 15 | 107.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | $1.37M | $913 | 7 | 112.0% |
| 2023 | 10 | $1.28M | $884 | 8 | 100.9% |
| 2022 | 6 | $1.5M | $1,056 | 13 | 107.2% |
| 2021 | 8 | $1.27M | $826 | 14 | 105.8% |
| 2020 | 7 | $1.21M | $873 | 12 | 111.9% |
| 2019 | 9 | $973K | $847 | 15 | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 10 | $914K | $902 | 15 | 118.7% |
| 2017 | 9 | $810K | $648 | 10 | 111.3% |
| 2016 | 8 | $873K | $661 | 12 | 107.2% |
| 2015 | 3 | $650K | $823 | 13 | 113.0% |
Southwood 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 Southwood; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.