Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach is a beach city in the South Bay of Los Angeles County, California. It is the most expensive of the South Bay markets tracked on this site, and one of the fastest.
What do homes cost in Manhattan Beach?
Over the twelve months ending August 2026, detached homes in Manhattan Beach sold at a median price of $3,800,000 and an average price of $4,419,670, across 270 closed sales. The average price per square foot was $1,643.
| Manhattan Beach | Twelve months ending August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Median sale price | $3,800,000 |
| Average sale price | $4,419,670 |
| Average price per square foot | $1,643 |
| Closed sales | 270 |
| Median days on market | 12 |
| Median share of original list price | 100.0% |
| Months of inventory | 3.0 |
Average and median describe the same market differently. The average is every sale added together and divided by the number of sales, so a small number of high-value homes lifts it. The median is the middle sale, so the median stays closer to the typical home. Both are shown here. Why the two numbers differ, and which one to use.
Do sellers get their asking price in Manhattan Beach?
Detached homes in Manhattan Beach sold at a median 100.0% of original list price over the twelve months ending August 2026, in a median of 12 days. A median of exactly the original asking price means half of all sales closed at or above the price the seller first published. Inventory stood at 3.0 months.
That is a different market from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where the three cities averaged 19.7 days and 97.2% of original price over the same period. Manhattan Beach also carries the highest price per square foot of any South Bay market tracked here, at $1,643.
What MLS areas make up Manhattan Beach?
Manhattan Beach divides into six MLS areas. West of Sepulveda are MLS areas 142 (Sand Section), 143 (Tree Section) and 144 (Hill Section). East of Sepulveda are MLS areas 145 (Manhattan Village) and 146 (Heights and Liberty Village). MLS area 147 covers Mira Costa. The Strand sits inside MLS area 142 and is not a separate area.
Prices differ substantially between them, and a city-wide figure describes Manhattan Beach as a whole rather than any one section within it.
How does Manhattan Beach compare with Hermosa Beach?
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach both sold in a median of 12 days over the twelve months ending August 2026, at 100.0% and 99.9% of original list price respectively. The difference is price: the median detached sale was $3,800,000 in Manhattan Beach against $2,720,000 in Hermosa Beach.
Working in Manhattan Beach
Chhabria Real Estate has sold the South Bay for forty years. In a market that clears at full asking price in under two weeks, the work is almost entirely in preparation and pricing before a property is published, because there is very little opportunity to correct course afterwards.
Source: California Regional MLS (CRMLS), via InfoSparks. Residential detached homes, rolling twelve months ending August 2026, reported by city. Refreshed quarterly. Market statistics describe cities and neighborhoods, not individual homes, and no figure here is an appraisal or opinion of value for any specific property.