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Bay Farm Island, Alameda
Bay Farm Island in Alameda: Harbor Bay's lagoons, a shoreline greenbelt, Corica Park golf, and a ferry to San Francisco. A neighborhood guide from Tanja Odzak.
Where is Bay Farm Island?
Bay Farm Island lies south of Alameda's main island, separated from it by a channel of San Leandro Bay and connected by the Bay Farm Island Bridge. It was once a true island, but land reclamation joined it to the mainland, so today it borders Oakland International Airport on its east side. Its ZIP code, 94502, is different from the main island's.
At a glance: In the 12 months through September 2026, the median sale price of a single-family home in Bay Farm Island was $1,375,000, across 42 sales. Homes sold for about 108.1% of their list price, and the middle sale took 12 days on the market.
Bay Farm Island on the Map
Where Bay Farm Island sits, with the streets and places around it.
There are some micro-neighborhoods that fall under the umbrella of Bay Farm Island but they don’t show on this map. Maps of neighborhoods are often vague, so use this one as a guideline.
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Homes for Sale in Bay Farm Island
Current listings in Bay Farm Island, updated from the MLS.
Bay Farm Island Single Family Home Prices
Sales through September 30, 2026
$1,375,000
Median sold price
4.3% down from the 12 months before
$1,440,748
Average sold price
2.2% down from the 12 months before
$2,550,000
Highest sold price
Sold July 24, 2026
42
Homes sold
Single-family homes
Median price by quarter
The middle sold price for each of the last eight full quarters. Each quarter is only about 12 sales, so a few homes can move it. Hover a dot for the quarter's sales count.
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’25Q2
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Sale price vs. list price
The list price is what a home is advertised for. The sale price is what it sold for. Over 100% means homes sold for more than the list price. Last 12 months, 42 sales.
- $1,332,880
- Average list price
- $1,440,748
- Average sale price
- 23
- Average days on market
The middle sale took 12 days; a few slow ones pull the average up.
On average, homes sold for 8.1% above their list price.
How hot is the market?
How competitive buying is in Bay Farm Island right now, from how homes actually sold.
Market temperature
57Warm
Homes in Bay Farm Island sold for about 108.1% of their list price, and the middle sale took 12 days.
How it is scored: half comes from how far above list price homes sold (100% scores zero, 125% or more scores full) and half from how fast they sold (45 days scores zero, 5 days or fewer scores full). Both come from the MLS numbers on this page. It is a gauge we calculate, not an official industry score, and it changes as each month’s sales come in.
Price by number of bedrooms
Median sold price by bedroom count over the last 12 months. Few 5-bedroom homes sell here, so read that one with care.
Bigger bubble = more homes sold. The number inside is how many.
Homes sold by price range
Where the last 12 months of sales landed.
- Under $750K00%
- $750K to $1M512%
- $1M to $1.25M512%
- $1.25M to $1.5M1433%
- $1.5M and up1843%
Price range by number of bedrooms
The lowest and highest sold price for each bedroom count over the last 12 months, with the median marked between them. The bar runs from the cheapest sale to the most expensive, so condition, lot and street explain most of the spread.
2 bedrooms (5 sold)
Median $915K$838K to $1.24M
3 bedrooms (19 sold)
Median $1.35M$948K to $1.8M
4 bedrooms (16 sold)
Median $1.52M$980K to $2.45M
5+ bedrooms (2 sold)
Median $2.2M$1.85M to $2.55M
lowest sale highest sale median
These numbers count single-family homes only. Condos, townhouses and attached homes are left out. They are the single-family homes that closed in Bay Farm Island, from the MLS. A neighborhood this size can swing from one quarter to the next on a handful of sales, so these show where the market has been, not what your home will sell for. When doing neighborhood stats, it is imperative to use the correct boundaries, as overlapping into adjacent neighborhoods may skew results. These numbers cover only homes the MLS lists under Bay Farm Island. Want the numbers for your street? Ask Tanja.
Source: Bridge MLS, through IDX Broker. Based on closed sales listed under the Bay Farm Island area in the MLS. List price and days on market: Bridge MLS, for the same sales. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed.
Living in Bay Farm Island
What it is like on the ground in Bay Farm Island: getting around, errands, nature and schools, from Local Logic.
Why is it called Bay Farm Island?
The name comes from its farming past. Before the 20th century, the island was farmland, and asparagus was the main crop, so it was also known as Asparagus Island. The surrounding waters held large oyster beds that supplied restaurants in San Francisco. Marshes around the island were later filled, and much of what is built there today stands on reclaimed land.
What is the story of the Bay Farm Island Bridge?
The first bridge here went up in 1854 as a wooden toll trestle surfaced with crushed oyster shells. It was abandoned and rotted, the county built another in 1875, and several replacements followed, and the present drawbridge opened in 1953. A separate bridge just for people on foot and on bikes was added alongside it in the 1990s, which makes the trip to the main island an easy ride.
What is Harbor Bay?
Harbor Bay Isle is the largest development on Bay Farm Island, generally bounded by Island Drive and Mecartney Road. It is organized into seven villages: six residential villages that together hold about twenty homeowners associations, and one village for the Harbor Bay business park. A few areas on the island sit outside it, including three townhome developments on the south end (Islandia, Casitas, and Garden Isle) and the single-family homes east of Island Drive.
What is there to do on Bay Farm Island?
The shoreline is the draw. A greenbelt path runs around the island's edge, with Shoreline Park along the water and a chain of lagoons on the island. Bay Farm Island also has several community parks and its own branch of the Alameda Free Library.
What is Corica Park?
Corica Park is Alameda's city-owned golf complex on Bay Farm Island. The golf course was established in 1925 and opened in 1927. Today it includes the 18-hole South Course, a nine-hole short course, and the front nine of a new North Course, along with a driving range, practice areas, a restaurant, and a pavilion. It is open to the public.
What kind of homes are on Bay Farm Island?
Bay Farm Island was farmland before its 20th-century development, and its homes date from that later growth. Harbor Bay's villages are planned residential subdivisions, and townhome developments and single-family streets fill in the rest of the island.
What should you look for in a Bay Farm Island home? With about twenty homeowners associations in Harbor Bay alone, read the association documents closely before you commit: the rules, the budget, and what the dues cover. Newer homes still deserve a careful inspection. As with any Alameda home, check whether it is in FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area on FEMA's official flood map (the City's Community View map gives an unofficial view). If it is, and your lender is federally regulated or insured, flood insurance is required.
What schools are on Bay Farm Island?
Bay Farm Island has two public elementary schools of its own, Bay Farm Elementary School on Aughinbaugh Way and Amelia Earhart Elementary School on Packet Landing Road. Coastline Christian Schools, a private school for kindergarten through grade 8, is on North Loop Road. For middle and high school, the closest are Lincoln Middle School and Alameda High School on the main island. All of Alameda's public schools are part of the Alameda Unified School District. School boundaries don't follow neighborhood names, so check the district's boundary map for any address you're considering. The Alameda page lists the public and private schools across the city.
How do you get around from Bay Farm Island?
The Harbor Bay ferry runs commuter trips from Bay Farm Island to the San Francisco Ferry Building. AC Transit buses serve the island, including express Transbay service to downtown San Francisco, and a free shuttle links the Harbor Bay ferry terminal and business park with BART at the Oakland Coliseum station. Oakland International Airport is right next door.
What should sellers on Bay Farm Island know?
Alameda is part of the East Bay regional private sewer lateral program, so a sale needs a compliance certificate or a time extension certificate from EBMUD before escrow closes. Who takes that on is negotiable between the seller and the buyer. My Alameda home selling page explains the rest.
What draws buyers to Bay Farm Island?
Buyers who look at Bay Farm Island are often after a newer home in a planned neighborhood, lagoon and shoreline paths close by, a golf course on the island, and an easy commute by ferry, by bus, or from the airport next door.
Why do homeowners sell on Bay Farm Island?
Homeowners move on for all kinds of reasons including (but not limited to): upsizing to a second or third home, divorce, relocating for work, or the passing of a family member.
Work with an agent who knows Alameda
Tanja Odzak knows what to check in a home, from the association documents to the flood map, and how an Alameda sale works. If you're weighing a move to Bay Farm Island, that's worth a conversation.
What is Bay Farm Island?
Tanja Odzak is a Top East Bay Realtor with eXp Realty, helping buyers and sellers in Alameda and across the East Bay. Bay Farm Island is the part of the City of Alameda that sits across the water from the main island, on the San Leandro Bay side. It is known for its lagoons, a greenbelt path around its shoreline, the Corica Park golf courses, and Harbor Bay, its largest planned community. Two public elementary schools, Bay Farm and Amelia Earhart, are on the island. When we refer to Bay Farm Island, we are including Harbor Bay Isle and the island's other communities the MLS lists, such as Baywood, Garden Isle, Islandia, Costa Brava, and Casitas, in that term.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Bay Farm Island?
In the 12 months through September 2026, the median sale price of a single-family home in Bay Farm Island was $1,375,000 and the average was $1,440,748, based on 42 sales. The highest sale was $2,550,000. These numbers count single-family homes only, with no condos, townhouses or attached homes.
How fast do homes sell in Bay Farm Island?
Single-family homes in Bay Farm Island that sold in the 12 months through September 2026 spent an average of 23 days on the market, and the middle sale took 12 days.
Do homes in Bay Farm Island sell above the list price?
In the 12 months through September 2026, single-family homes in Bay Farm Island sold for about 108.1% of their list price on average, which is 8.1% above the list price. The average list price was $1,332,880 and the average sale price was $1,440,748.
Is Bay Farm Island a competitive market?
Our market temperature for Bay Farm Island is 57 out of 100, which reads "Warm". It combines how far above list price homes sold with how fast they sold, in the 12 months through September 2026.
Is Bay Farm Island part of Alameda?
Yes, Bay Farm Island is part of the City of Alameda, even though it sits across a channel from the main island.
Is Bay Farm Island really an island?
It was once an island, but land reclamation joined it to the mainland, so today it is a peninsula next to Oakland International Airport.
What is Harbor Bay in Alameda?
Harbor Bay Isle is the largest planned development on Bay Farm Island, made up of seven villages and about twenty homeowners associations.
Why was it called Asparagus Island?
Bay Farm Island was farmland before the 20th century, and asparagus was its main crop.
Is there a ferry from Bay Farm Island to San Francisco?
Yes, the Harbor Bay ferry runs commuter trips from Bay Farm Island to the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Is there golf on Bay Farm Island?
Yes, Corica Park, Alameda's city-owned golf complex, is on Bay Farm Island and is open to the public.
Which schools are closest to Bay Farm Island?
Bay Farm Elementary on Aughinbaugh Way and Amelia Earhart Elementary on Packet Landing Road are on the island, with Lincoln Middle School and Alameda High School on the main island.
