The neighborhood at the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere: a 1909 farm colony at its core, 1970s tracts around it, and two Blue Line stops.
San Ysidro sells very few homes, so its median swings. The three month median has moved between about $500K and $690K over the past year. On a smoothed basis, San Ysidro's median has risen roughly 36% over the past five years.
The recent median sits around $644,500, with about 5.1 months of supply, homes selling near 93.0% of original list, and a median of roughly 75 days on market.
Over five years the median sale price in San Ysidro is up about 33% and the price per square foot is up about 29%. The two agree, which is what you want to see. It means the gain reflects prices rising rather than a shift in the kind of home selling, so the headline number is a fair read on what an owner gained.
Price per square foot is the sale price divided by the home's interior square footage.
Both figures use the same smoothed five year comparison: the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the average of the first twelve. A gap of eight points or more is treated as a mix shift. That threshold was set by testing, not picked: an earlier version flagged nine of nineteen areas, which is noise. It now flags eight of forty.
With supply around 5.1 months and homes going near 93.0% of list, buyers have room to negotiate here.
September homes sold in a median of about 75 days. Expect a longer wait and price for it.
Supply is running around 5.1 months. As long as listings stay scarce, prices hold firm; a rise in inventory would be the first sign of easing.
Buyers here are mostly first timers who finance, so rates move this market.
Get Pre-Approved →Most housing here is apartments. Only about 30 percent is single family, mainly in San Ysidro West, San Ysidro North, Beyer Hills and the Coral Gate subdivision. The Historic Village keeps circa 1920 homes on what is left of the Little Landers colony. Very few homes sell here in a month, so the numbers on this page move around more than most.
The San Ysidro School District has Mello Roos districts in the city, so check whether the specific parcel sits in one. Most older homes do not carry an HOA.
William E. Smythe founded the Little Landers colony here in 1909 on the idea that a family could live off a small plot, under the motto "A Little Land and a Living." The 1916 flood wiped it out. The city annexed San Ysidro in 1957, and the crossing became the busiest in the country by 1988. Its $741 million rebuild finished in 2019. The 1984 McDonald's massacre, where 21 people were killed, happened on San Ysidro Boulevard, and the site is now a Southwestern College center with a memorial of 21 granite pillars. 92173 is the ZIP.
What is the median home price in San Ysidro?
The median sale price in San Ysidro is $644,500 on a trailing three month basis, using closed sales through September 2026.
How long do homes take to sell in San Ysidro?
Homes in San Ysidro are selling in a median of about 75 days.
Is San Ysidro a buyer's or a seller's market?
San Ysidro has about 5.1 months of supply, which reads as a balanced market. Under three months favors sellers, three to six is balanced, and above six favors buyers.
How much have home prices risen in San Ysidro?
The median in San Ysidro is up about 36% over the past five years, measured as the average of the last twelve monthly medians against the first twelve.
Are homes in San Ysidro selling for asking price?
Homes in San Ysidro are closing at about 93.0% of original list price.
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