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Downtown Menlo Park Menlo Park, CA

A family-friendly, bustling locale in Silicon Valley

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Located in the heart of California's thriving Silicon Valley, Downtown Menlo Park has a sophisticated, metropolitan culture that has something for everyone. Downtown Menlo Park is home to multiple tech businesses, but also convenient to major companies like Apple and Google. The neighborhood is also beside Stanford University. Although commuters take advantage of the neighborhood’s rail station that flows to San Francisco and other Bay Area cities, Downtown Menlo Park has more than enough to offer.

The area has great schools and several medical facilities lie just outside the boundaries, so it's a great option for families. Residents can catch some fresh air at green spaces like Burgess Park. Downtown Menlo Park is packed with grocers, coffee shops, and eclectic restaurants serving everything from dim sum to pastrami sandwiches. Events like the annual summer block party and Off the Grid, a food truck market, keep downtown lively as well. Find a Downtown Menlo Park apartment if you’re looking to live in a dynamic locale.

Rent Trends

As of August 2026, the average apartment rent in Downtown Menlo Park is $2,063 for a studio, $2,440 for one bedroom, $2,867 for two bedrooms, and $6,209 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Downtown Menlo Park has increased by 1.3% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 455 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,063/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 593 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,440/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 987 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,867/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 1,285 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $6,209/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Downtown Menlo Park

Getting Around

Exceptionally Walkable

Walkability

90 / 100

Good Public Transit

Transit

60 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

60 / 100

Very Bikeable

Bikeability

80 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

100 / 100

Exceptional Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

90 / 100

Exceptional Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

90 / 100

Exceptional Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

90 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

60 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

50 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere at Times

Vibrancy

40 / 100

Good Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

70 / 100

Very Noisy

Quiet Score

30 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Fremont Park
  • Jack W. Lyle Park
  • Burgess Park
  • El Palo Alto Park
  • Holbrook-Palmer Park

Airports

  • Norman Y Mineta San Jose International
  • San Francisco International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.