THE EAST PALO ALTO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley setting.
East Palo Alto city has 2.53 square miles of land in San Mateo County. Its Census reference point is in Bay Terraces/Lower Santa Clara Valley, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
East Palo Alto and San Mateo County
East Palo Alto is associated with San Mateo County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
East Palo Alto by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within East Palo Alto, or 4.4% of its total area. It is 35.1 percentage points lower than the 39.5% recorded for San Mateo County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, East Palo Alto city has 25.3% of the land area of nearby Menlo Park city (9.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

