Oakland · Neighborhood guide
Hiller Highlands, Oakland
Hiller Highlands in the Oakland hills: newer homes rebuilt after the 1991 fire, panoramic Bay views, and parks close by. A local guide from Tanja Odzak.
What is Hiller Highlands?
Tanja Odzak is a Top East Bay Realtor with eXp Realty, helping buyers and sellers in Oakland and across the East Bay. Hiller Highlands is a hillside neighborhood in the Oakland hills with an unusual start and panoramic views.
At a glance: In the 12 months through September 2026, the median sale price of a townhouse or condo in Hiller Highlands was $1,167,500, across 12 sales. Homes sold for about 110.3% of their list price, and the middle sale took 16 days on the market.
Hiller Highlands on the Map
Where Hiller Highlands sits, with the streets and places around it.
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Homes for Sale in Hiller Highlands
Current listings in Hiller Highlands, updated from the MLS.
Hiller Highlands Townhouses & Condos
Sales through September 30, 2026
No single-family homes sold in Hiller Highlands in the past 12 months. This section shows townhouses and condos instead, because that is what has been selling here.
Few sales, weak data. Hiller Highlands had only 12 townhouse and condo sales in the last 12 months. Too little data means the numbers are weak, and weak numbers can misrepresent the market: one or two homes can swing every chart on this page. Read them as a rough guide, not a firm picture.
$1,167,500
Median sold price
7.5% down from the 12 months before
$1,169,167
Average sold price
7.8% down from the 12 months before
$1,425,000
Highest sold price
Sold May 29, 2026
12
Homes sold
Townhouses and condos
Median price by quarter
The middle sold price for each of the last eight full quarters. Each quarter is only about 4 sales, so a few homes can move it. Hover a dot for the quarter's sales count.
’24Q1
’25Q2
’25Q3
’25Q4
’25Q1
’26Q2
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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, 12 sales.
- $1,060,083
- Average list price
- $1,169,167
- Average sale price
- 26
- Average days on market
The middle sale took 16 days; a few slow ones pull the average up.
On average, homes sold for 10.3% above their list price.
How hot is the market?
How competitive buying is in Hiller Highlands right now, from how homes actually sold.
Market temperature
57Warm
Homes in Hiller Highlands sold for about 110.3% of their list price, and the middle sale took 16 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 $750K18%
- $750K to $1M00%
- $1M to $1.25M650%
- $1.25M to $1.5M542%
- $1.5M and up00%
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.
1 bedroom (1 sold)
Median $600K$600K to $600K
2 bedrooms (2 sold)
Median $1.15M$1.14M to $1.16M
3 bedrooms (9 sold)
Median $1.26M$1.03M to $1.43M
4 bedrooms (0 sold)
No sales
5+ bedrooms (0 sold)
No sales
lowest sale highest sale median
These numbers count townhouses and condos only, because no single-family homes sold in Hiller Highlands in the past 12 months. They are the townhouses and condos that closed in Hiller Highlands, 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 Hiller Highlands. Want the numbers for your street? Ask Tanja.
Source: Bridge MLS, through IDX Broker. Based on closed sales listed under the Hiller Highlands 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 Hiller Highlands
What it is like on the ground in Hiller Highlands: getting around, errands, nature and schools, from Local Logic.
What are the views like in Hiller Highlands?
Homes up here can have panoramic views of the Bay, San Francisco, the Oakland skyline, and Marin. It's especially gorgeous when the fog rolls in.
How did Hiller Highlands begin?
Inventor Stanley Hiller Sr. started Hiller Highlands to show that underground utilities, run through a single channel, could work. In the 1950s he divided his hillside property into 27 lots with underground utilities. PG&E refused to connect utilities to the lots, so he could not sell them until 1963. As more homes were built, new homeowners associations followed, numbered one through six, added in 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, and 1981.
What happened in 1991?
The Oakland firestorm of 1991 destroyed the entire Hiller Highlands neighborhood. The neighborhood was rebuilt afterward, and the rebuilding somewhat reshaped it when the townhomes went back up.
What kind of homes are in Hiller Highlands?
Because of the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, the homes up here are newer, so many of the old-home issues found across Oakland don't apply. Much of the Oakland hills is inside the City's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which the City kept in place in 2025, so check the address: a sale in the zone includes defensible space paperwork under state law, and it is worth getting insurance quotes early. Hiller Highlands includes townhomes, and buyers looking at one should read the homeowners association's documents closely, since the associations are part of how the neighborhood works.
What schools are near Hiller Highlands?
Bentley School's kindergarten through grade 8 campus is on Hiller Drive, in the neighborhood itself; it is a private school. Hiller Highlands homes are in the Oakland Unified School District, and the closest Oakland public schools are Chabot Elementary School on Chabot Road and Claremont Middle School on College Avenue, with Oakland Technical High School on Broadway. School boundaries don't follow neighborhood names, so check the district's boundary map for any address you're considering. The Oakland page lists the public and private schools across the city.
How do you get around from Hiller Highlands?
The neighborhood has easy highway access and sits close to the Rockridge BART station. The shops and restaurants of Rockridge, Temescal, and Montclair are all a short drive away.
What parks are near Hiller Highlands?
Two regional preserves are close by. Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, on Skyline Boulevard, centers on Round Top, a peak made of lava and volcanic debris from a 10-million-year-old volcano, and the East Bay Skyline National Recreation Trail runs along its ridge. Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve sits in the hills near the historic Claremont Resort & Club, and its Stonewall-Panoramic Trail climbs to a view of Oakland, Berkeley, San Francisco Bay, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
What draws buyers to Hiller Highlands?
Buyers who look at Hiller Highlands usually want a newer hillside home with big views, quick highway and BART access, and nature right next door.
What should sellers in Hiller Highlands know?
Because Hiller Highlands was rebuilt after 1991, buyers here focus less on old-home repairs and more on the homeowners association's documents, the roof and siding, and the fire paperwork. The neighborhood sits in the City's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so a sale includes defensible space documentation under state law. The City's transfer tax is charged in tiers on the whole price plus Alameda County's own transfer tax. My page on selling your home in Oakland covers the rest.
Why do homeowners sell in Hiller Highlands?
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 the Oakland hills
Tanja Odzak works across the Oakland hills and can go over what to look for in a hillside home and its association. If you're weighing a move to Hiller Highlands, that's worth a conversation.
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Tell me what you're looking for and I'll get you real options.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Hiller Highlands?
In the 12 months through September 2026, the median sale price of a townhouse or condo in Hiller Highlands was $1,167,500 and the average was $1,169,167, based on 12 sales. The highest sale was $1,425,000. There were no single-family home sales in Hiller Highlands in the last 12 months, so these numbers count townhouses and condos instead.
How fast do homes sell in Hiller Highlands?
Townhouses and condos in Hiller Highlands that sold in the 12 months through September 2026 spent an average of 26 days on the market, and the middle sale took 16 days.
Do homes in Hiller Highlands sell above the list price?
In the 12 months through September 2026, townhouses and condos in Hiller Highlands sold for about 110.3% of their list price on average, which is 10.3% above the list price. The average list price was $1,060,083 and the average sale price was $1,169,167.
Is Hiller Highlands a competitive market?
Our market temperature for Hiller Highlands 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.
Who started Hiller Highlands?
Inventor Stanley Hiller Sr. began it in the 1950s to show that underground utilities could work.
Do homes in Hiller Highlands have views?
Many do. Homes up here can have panoramic views of the Bay, San Francisco, the Oakland skyline, and Marin.
Are Hiller Highlands homes newer?
Yes. The 1991 firestorm destroyed the neighborhood, and it was rebuilt afterward, so many of Oakland's old-home issues don't apply.
Which schools are closest to Hiller Highlands?
Bentley School's K-8 campus, a private school, is on Hiller Drive. The closest Oakland Unified public schools are Chabot Elementary School and Claremont Middle School.
Is Hiller Highlands close to BART?
Yes. It sits close to the Rockridge BART station, with easy highway access.
Which regional preserves are close to Hiller Highlands?
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve and Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve are both close by.
What paperwork comes with selling in Hiller Highlands?
The homeowners association's documents and, since the neighborhood is in the City's Very High fire zone, defensible space documentation under state law, along with Oakland's tiered transfer tax.
