What Homes Sell For
Recent Sales
Median sale prices, last 12 months · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
- Houses
- $1,365,000
Sales in MLS neighborhood 3H (Ingleside) reported to the San Francisco MLS, including off-MLS sales; known below-market-rate (BMR) sales excluded. Medians need at least 5 sales. Updated monthly; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Compare every neighborhood on the price map or ask us what a specific home is worth.
The Good
- Houses sell for about a third less than the citywide median, and most of them come with a yard.
- Ocean Avenue is a real main street, with the library, cafés, bars and the occasional landmark.
- Transit is better than most of the southwest: the K Ingleside runs down Ocean Avenue and BART is at Balboa Park.
- I-280 is a few minutes away, which matters if anyone in the house commutes south.
The Tradeoffs
- It is almost entirely a house market. Condo and TIC sales are rare enough that there isn’t a median to show.
- Many homes are original or lightly updated, so budget for work along with the purchase price.
- Ocean Avenue is still a work in progress: some blocks are busy, some are waiting for their turn.
Ingleside is where the southwest side of the city gets practical. The houses are modest, the lots are standard, and Ocean Avenue does the job a main street should. People who buy here tend to be trading square footage downtown for a yard, a garage and a commute that still works, and most of them stay a long time.
The Neighborhood Block by Block
Ocean Avenue
Ocean Avenue started as the road to the Ocean House roadhouse at Lake Merced, and it is still the spine of the neighborhood. Streetcars have run down the middle of it for more than a century; today it’s the K Ingleside. Along the way you get the Ingleside Branch Library, neighborhood bars, coffee and a run of small businesses that cater to the people who actually live here.
Looking North Over Ingleside. photo: matt fuller
The El Rey and the First Gap
The El Rey Theatre at 1970 Ocean Avenue opened in 1931, designed by Timothy Pflueger, the architect behind the Castro Theatre. It is San Francisco Landmark No. 274. In 1969 the very first Gap store opened in a corner of the building, which makes Ingleside the birthplace of an empire of khakis. Nobody mentions this in the listing, but they should.
A Sidewalk Garden With a Little Library. photo: matt fuller
Houses on the Grid
Away from Ocean Avenue the streets settle into a grid of single-family houses, most built before 1940: stucco Mediterranean Revival, a few older cottages and plenty of homes that have been expanded one project at a time. Garages, small backyards and in-law units are common.
Art Deco Stucco Near Ocean Avenue. photo: matt fuller
The Longer Story
The Homes in Detail
Primarily detached and semi-detached single-family houses on standard 25-foot lots, most built between the 1910s and 1940. Stucco facades, Spanish and Mediterranean details and full-floor garages are the norm. Condos and TICs are scarce, so almost every sale here is a house.
Condition varies widely. Updated homes sell quickly; original-condition houses trade at a discount that reflects the work ahead.
A Little History
The name goes back to the roadhouse era, when the Ingleside Inn on Ocean Road competed with the Cliff House and the Ingleside Racetrack drew crowds from 1895 until the Progressive-era crackdown on gambling ended horse racing. The track land became Ingleside Terraces in 1912, and the surrounding blocks filled in with working- and middle-class homes as the streetcar lines arrived.
The El Rey Theatre followed in 1931, and the Gap opened its first store there in 1969.
Getting Around
The K Ingleside streetcar runs on Ocean Avenue through the Twin Peaks Tunnel to downtown. Balboa Park Station, at the east end of the neighborhood, has BART and several Muni lines. Drivers have quick access to I-280 and 19th Avenue.
Questions We Hear
What Are Homes Like in Ingleside?
Mostly single-family houses built before 1940, many in stucco Mediterranean Revival styles, with garages and small yards. Condos are rare.
How Do People Commute From Ingleside?
The K Ingleside streetcar to downtown, BART from Balboa Park Station, or I-280 for the Peninsula and South Bay.
What Is There to Do in Ingleside?
Ocean Avenue has the library, local restaurants and bars. City College and Balboa Park are next door, and Stonestown and Lake Merced are a short drive west.
Is Ingleside the Same as Ingleside Terraces?
No. Ingleside Terraces is the residence park built on the old racetrack, and the MLS files it in District 4. Ingleside (3H) is the grid of blocks around it in District 3. They share a name, a main street and a history, but they are priced and compared separately.