What is the median home value in Emerald Lake Hills, CA?

Name: Home values in Emerald Lake Hills, CA, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Emerald Lake Hills, CA is $2,000,000 or more, as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $2,000,000 or more
Owner-occupied homes: 1,397 (±165)
Most common range: $1,000,000 or more

Home values in Emerald Lake Hills

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Emerald Lake Hills	San Mateo County	California	United States
Less than $50,000	1.4% (±1.6 points)	1.5%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±3.0 points)	0.4%	1.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±3.0 points)	0.8%	1.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.0% (±3.0 points)	0.6%	1.4%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	3.7% (±3.4 points)	0.8%	4.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	0.6% (±1.1 points)	1.5%	17.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	3.0% (±3.2 points)	13.9%	42.1%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	91.3% (±4.8 points)	80.6%	29.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $1,000,000 or more, 91.3% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Emerald Lake Hills against San Mateo County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Emerald Lake Hills	San Mateo County	California	United States
Median home value	$2,000,000 or more	$1,559,600 (±$16,159)	$734,700 (±$1,307)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,397 (±165)	154,607 (±1,889)	7,567,568 (±37,334)	84,210,142

Median home value in places near Emerald Lake Hills

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Emerald Lake Hills
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Emerald Lake Hills	—	$2,000,000 or more	—
San Carlos	2.3 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Woodside	3.0 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
North Fair Oaks	3.5 mi	$1,276,900 (±$97,297)	—
Atherton	3.6 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Belmont	3.7 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
West Menlo Park	4.0 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—
Redwood City	4.4 mi	$1,801,700 (±$68,925)	—
Highlands	5.8 mi	$2,000,000 or more	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across San Mateo County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1 (tie)	Hillsborough	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Menlo Park	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Portola Valley	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	San Carlos	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Woodside	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Baywood Park	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Emerald Lake Hills	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Highlands	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Ladera	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	West Menlo Park	$2,000,000 or more
14	Millbrae	$1,934,900 (±$91,218)
15	Foster City	$1,838,200 (±$78,375)
16	Redwood City	$1,801,700 (±$68,925)

Showing 13 of 31 places in San Mateo County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Emerald Lake Hills is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Emerald Lake Hills

What is the average home value in Emerald Lake Hills, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $2,000,000 or more for owner-occupied homes in Emerald Lake Hills (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Emerald Lake Hills sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Emerald Lake Hills CDP, California (place:22587, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.