Menlo Park, CA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Menlo Park ( MEN-loh) is a city in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. Located at the eastern edge of the county, It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; and Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City to the west. It had 33,780 residents at the 2020 United States census. Part of Silicon Valley, it is home to the corporate headquarters of Meta Platforms, and is where Google, Roblox Corporation, Round Table Pizza, and SRI International were founded. The train station holds the record as the oldest continually operating train station in California. It is one of the most educated c…

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How Menlo Park ranks

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#47Highest income in CA #54Most educated in CA #57Most remote workers in CA All CA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code94025, 94026

Area code650

Living in Menlo Park

Housing in Menlo Park

$2.87M▲ 9.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Menlo Park home is worth about $2,867,000, up 9.2% in a year, 275% above the California typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market16

Sale-to-list102.6%

Sold in May31

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Safety in Menlo Park

C⁺

Safety Grade C+

Menlo Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 64% report less. Within California, it does better than 60% of towns.

Violent crime per 1,000

Menlo Park 1.8

California 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Menlo Park 15.3

California 18.2

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Menlo Park

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B

School Grade B

The public schools Menlo Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictMenlo Park City ElementarySchools11

KIPP Valiant Community Prep C-Elementary · Grades K–8 · 587 students Oak Knoll ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 574 students Belle Haven ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 312 students Hillview Middle D-Middle · Grades 6–8 · 846 students La Entrada Middle A+Middle · Grades 4–8 · 612 students Tide AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 212 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.