They share a border, the same high school district and SFO five minutes away. The difference is price and what it buys. Over the past 12 months, the median Millbrae house sold for $2.33 million and the median Burlingame house for $3.23 million. Burlingame cost about 28% more per square foot.
MLS closed sales Nov. 1, 2025 – Oct. 31, 2026, pulled by Elaine Li on Nov. 2, 2026
Choose Millbrae if you want more house for the money and the best transit on the Peninsula: BART and Caltrain at one station, plus SFO minutes away. Choose Burlingame if you want older tree-lined streets, two walkable shopping districts and Burlingame schools, and the budget stretches. Many families tour both in one afternoon. They’re five minutes apart.
| Past 12 months | Millbrae | Burlingame |
|---|---|---|
| Houses sold | 114 | 206 |
| Median sale price | $2.33M | $3.23M |
| Median size | 1,990 sq ft | 2,190 sq ft |
| Median price per sq ft | $1,223 | $1,563 |
| Median lot | 6,680 sq ft | 6,000 sq ft |
| Median age of home | 72 years | 90 years |
| Median days on market | 11 | 10 |
| Sold under $2 million | 30 (26%) | 20 (10%) |
| Sold for $3 million or more | 12 (11%) | 125 (61%) |
At each town’s median price per square foot, $2.5 million buys roughly 2,050 square feet in Millbrae and 1,600 in Burlingame. That’s a rough guide only; street, condition and lot move the number a lot.
Millbrae had 36 condo sales at a median of about $868,000 and 1,214 square feet, and no townhouse sales. Burlingame had 47 condo sales at a median of about $1.03 million and 1,350 square feet, plus five townhouses at a median of $1.81 million. In both towns, condos took longer to sell than houses.
| Millbrae | Burlingame | |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | BART and Caltrain at one station | Caltrain steps from downtown |
| K–8 schools | Millbrae Elementary School District | Burlingame School District |
| High school | San Mateo Union HSD (Mills High serves much of the city) | San Mateo Union HSD (Burlingame High serves much of the city) |
| Downtown | Broadway: dim sum, regional Chinese cooking, Hong Kong-style cafés | Burlingame Avenue and Broadway: two walkable shopping streets |
| Housing | Hillside view homes in Mills Estates and the Highlands; flatter streets near downtown | Craftsman-era homes in Easton Addition and Lyon-Hoag; larger lots toward Hillsborough |
| To check | Hillside drainage and views; the school assignment for each address | Flood maps near the bay, city vs. county (Burlingame Hills), and the school assignment |
School assignment follows the address; confirm each one with the district. More in my school districts by town guide.
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Yes, at the median. Over the 12 months through October 2026, Millbrae houses sold for a median of $2.33 million, or $1,223 per square foot, and Burlingame houses for $3.23 million, or $1,563 per square foot.
Yes. Both are in the San Mateo Union High School District, which assigns a high school by address. K–8 is separate: the Millbrae Elementary School District and the Burlingame School District.
Millbrae has the edge on transit, with BART and Caltrain at one station. Burlingame has Caltrain near downtown. Both are about five minutes from SFO.
Tell me your budget and commute. I’ll line up the homes worth seeing in Millbrae and Burlingame, with recent sales on those exact streets, so you can compare real houses, not averages.
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Figures summarize residential sales recorded in the MLS for the cities of Millbrae (151 sales) and Burlingame (258 of 260 sales readable) with close of escrow from Nov. 1, 2025, through Oct. 31, 2026. Burlingame figures follow the MLS city field, which can include nearby unincorporated streets. Based on information from MLSListings, Inc. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This is a market summary, not a valuation of any home.