Blog > Central San Jose Home Prices by Neighborhood (2026)
What do houses cost in Central San Jose? We placed every house sale in San Jose from the two years to October 27, 2026 in the outlines of our neighborhood guides, and added up the 7 guides around downtown in the Central San Jose district of our San Jose neighborhoods page (downtown and Naglee Park, and the Rose Garden and the Alameda, have their own posts). Here’s the area as a whole, then neighborhood by neighborhood.
The short answer
- Houses: 280 sales, a median of $1.07M and $856 per sq ft, against $1.66M and $980 for San Jose as a whole.
- Size: a median house of 1,281 sq ft; 54% sold over asking (San Jose: 62%).
- Across its neighborhoods: medians from $831K in Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens to $1.25M in Burbank.
- ZIP codes: 95112, 95128, 95116, 95110 and 95126.
Shopping in Central San Jose?
- Each neighborhood below links to its guide, with live listings.
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- Talk to a Property Nerd about the streets that fit.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Our neighborhood guides in Central San Jose with at least 5 house sales in the two years, highest median first.
| Neighborhood | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Over asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank | 56 | $1.25M | $1,070 | 1,261 | 63% |
| Diridon & Delmas Park | 23 | $1.18M | $1,087 | 1,176 | 43% |
| Buena Vista | 15 | $1.18M | $1,020 | 1,144 | 53% |
| Horace Mann & Julian-St. James | 44 | $1.07M | $782 | 1,498 | 48% |
| Roosevelt Park & Olinder | 63 | $1.06M | $719 | 1,464 | 51% |
| Washington-Guadalupe & Tamien | 43 | $925K | $861 | 1,121 | 58% |
| Spartan Keyes & Martha Gardens | 36 | $831K | $615 | 1,124 | 53% |
Nearby
Home prices near the places around Central San Jose: homes near Diridon Station, homes near Tamien station and homes near Guadalupe River Park.
Other San Jose areas
Willow Glen, Rose Garden, Downtown San Jose and Naglee Park, Almaden Valley, Cambrian, Evergreen and Silver Creek, Blossom Valley and Santa Teresa, Berryessa and North San Jose, East San Jose, West San Jose and South San Jose. Every neighborhood in the city: San Jose neighborhoods and ranked by price per square foot.
How we counted
Closed house sales (MLS property type “single family home”) in San Jose between October 28, 2024 and October 27, 2026, reported to the MLS and read through the IDX feeds that power our home search, with repeat records removed (same MLS number and sale date). Each sale is placed by its map position inside our neighborhood guide outlines; a sale inside two guides of this area counts once in the area figures. Condos and townhomes aren’t in these figures because the sold feed doesn’t give their map positions. Medians follow the mix of homes, and past sales aren’t a forecast or the value of any one home.
Buying or selling in Central San Jose?
A Property Nerd will take these numbers down to your street and the homes that fit, and set up a search that catches new listings the day they hit. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.
Selling? Start with selling a home in Central San Jose: how we’d price, prepare and launch your sale, and the homes we’ve listed and sold in Central San Jose.