Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 11,176 people, 4,353 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,798,879, Half Moon Bay house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Half Moon Bay real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Half Moon Bay, accounting for 68.64% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Half Moon Bay include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.68%), row houses and other attached homes ( 7.76%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 6.10%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Half Moon Bay. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.53% of Half Moon Bay's homes, and 62.20% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Half Moon Bay built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Half Moon Bay built between 1940-1969 ( 23.67%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 21.66%). There's also some housing in Half Moon Bay built before 1939 ( 4.56%).
Half Moon Bay's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Half Moon Bay during the period has been just 5.17%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Half Moon Bay's appreciation rate, at 6.78%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Half Moon Bay's appreciation rate has been 2.58%, which annualizes to a rate of 10.71%.
Relative to California, our data show that Half Moon Bay's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
$1,798,879
for California
for nation
4,353
$3,947 / per month