~$544K
- Sales in this range66
- Typical home1 bed · 1 bath
- Median size734 sq ft
- Median $ / sq ft$716
Studios, one-bedroom and smaller two-bedroom condos.
Areas · Little Italy, 92101
Little Italy
Little Italy Real Estate
Downtown's northwest corner, from India Street's restaurants to the waterfront park.
The neighborhood
Little Italy is the northwest corner of Downtown San Diego, between the bay and Interstate 5, from Ash Street up to Laurel Street. India Street is its main street, lined with restaurants, with Piazza della Famiglia at its center.
Almost every home here is a condo: 81 of the 81 sales from January 1 to November 10, 2026 were condos or townhomes. Buildings range from small mid-rises off India Street to the towers along Pacific Highway and Kettner Boulevard near the waterfront.
We use the City's Little Italy Business Improvement District line as the neighborhood's outline. Little Italy shares zip code 92101 with the rest of Downtown, so every number on this page is placed by map location, not by zip.
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The market · Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2026
Little Italy, by the numbers.
81Homes sold, Jan 1 – Nov 10, 202666 by this date in 2025
$680KMedian sale price$898K by this date in 2025
$744Median price per sq ft$809 by this date in 2025
38Median days on market24 by this date in 2025
| 2026 so far | Sales | Median price | $ / sq ft | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | 81▲ 15 | $680,000▼ 24% | $744▼ 8% | 38+14 days |
Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2026. Small lines = change from the same dates in 2025.
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| Closed sales, Little Italy | Sales | Median price | $ / sq ft | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes · 2026 | 81 | $680,000 | $744 | 38 |
| All homes · same dates 2025 | 66 | $897,500 | $809 | 24 |
| All homes · 2025 | 81 | $900,000 | $820 | 27 |
The median sale price from January 1 to November 10, 2026 was $680K, against $898K for the same dates in 2025. The building mix moves the median: a year with more waterfront-tower sales reads higher.
Compass was the #1 brokerage in Little Italy in 2025, with 23.0% of closed residential sales volume in the neighborhood (buyer and seller sides combined). Source: San Diego MLS, 2025, closed residential sales volume, inside the City's Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary, placed by map location.
Source: San Diego MLS, closed residential sales, Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2026 vs. Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2025, and full-year 2025. Closed residential sales inside the City of San Diego's Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary, placed by map location (zip 92101). Houses, condos and townhomes; two-to-four-unit income properties (a separate MLS category), manufactured homes and timeshares are not included. "2026" = January 1 – November 10, 2026; "same dates 2025" = January 1 – November 10, 2025; "2025" = the full year. "Days" is median days on market. Condos include townhomes and other attached homes.
What your budget buys here.
Based on all 162 sales here from January 1, 2025 through November 10, 2026. Little Italy is a condo market, so price follows size, floor and view more than location within the neighborhood.
~$900K
- Sales in this range44
- Typical home2 bed · 2 bath
- Median size1,204 sq ft
- Median $ / sq ft$766
Two-bedroom condos, typically about 1,200 square feet.
~$1.52M
- Sales in this range52
- Typical home2 bed · 2 bath
- Median size1,459 sq ft
- Median $ / sq ft$1,047
Larger condos and the upper floors of the towers near the waterfront.
Source: San Diego MLS, closed residential sales, Jan 1, 2025 – Nov 10, 2026, placed by map location (Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary); the same sales as the market numbers above. Medians; $ / sq ft leaves out listings with under 400 sq ft recorded. Area names follow the three areas described below.
The parts of Little Italy.
We use the City's Little Italy Business Improvement District as the outline and split it at Kettner Boulevard and Columbia Street: the same three areas, in the same order, as the numbered map below.
West of Kettner
Kettner Blvd to Pacific Hwy · toward the bayThe blocks nearest the County Administration Center and Waterfront Park, with Little Italy's tallest condo towers along Pacific Highway and Kettner Boulevard.
Get West of Kettner homes ›India Street core
Kettner Blvd to Columbia StIndia Street and the blocks around it: the restaurants, Piazza della Famiglia and the Saturday farmers market.
Get India Street homes ›Columbia St to I-5
Columbia, State and Union streetsThe east side of the neighborhood up to the I-5 edge, with mid-rise condo buildings and the climb toward Bankers Hill.
Get Columbia St to I-5 homes ›Small markets
Little Italy, block by block.
One median hides a lot. Here is how each part of Little Italy has actually sold, area by area. Tap an area on the map or read the list.
West of Kettner
$1.25M median, Jan 1 – Nov 10, 202635 salesTypical range $998K–$1.6M$949 / sq ft32 days2025: 43 sales, median $1.40M, $1,021 / sq ft
Get West of Kettner homes ›India Street core
$635K median, Jan 1 – Nov 10, 202618 salesTypical range $515K–$732K$650 / sq ft44 days2025: 13 sales, median $700K, $745 / sq ft
Get India Street homes ›Columbia St to I-5
$572K median, Jan 1 – Nov 10, 202628 salesTypical range $465K–$628K$694 / sq ft39 days2025: 25 sales, median $650K, $760 / sq ft
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Source: San Diego MLS, closed sales of houses, condos and townhomes. "Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2026" = Jan 1 – Nov 10, 2026; map shading uses Jan 2025 – Nov 2026. Medians. Typical range = the middle half of sales (25th to 75th percentile). "Days" = median days on market. Areas with fewer than 5 sales in a period show "too few sales to report." Area outlines are approximate; see below.
How we drew these areas
- 1. West of Kettner — Kettner Blvd to Pacific Highway, nearest the County Administration Center, Waterfront Park and the bay. Source: City of San Diego Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary; west of the Kettner Blvd centerline (our line).
- 2. India Street core — India St and the blocks around it: the restaurants, Piazza della Famiglia and the Saturday farmers market. Source: City of San Diego Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary; between the Kettner Blvd and Columbia St centerlines (our lines).
- 3. Columbia St to I-5 — Columbia St, State St and Union St up to the I-5 edge, toward Bankers Hill. Source: City of San Diego Little Italy Business Improvement District boundary; east of the Columbia St centerline (our line).
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Life in Little Italy
India Street, and the waterfront.
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India Street
Little Italy's main street, lined with restaurants, cafes and shops.
- 02
Piazza della Famiglia
The pedestrian piazza on Date Street at India Street, at the center of the neighborhood.
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Farmers market
The Little Italy Mercato farmers market runs on Saturdays.
- 04
Waterfront Park
The County Administration Center and its waterfront park are at the neighborhood's west edge, on the bay.
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Getting around
The County Center/Little Italy trolley station is on the neighborhood's edge, and San Diego International Airport is just to the north.
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Questions
Buying and owning in Little Italy.
General information, not legal advice. Rules change and depend on the parcel — we confirm details with the City and the right professionals on every deal.
Does the 30-foot coastal height limit apply in Little Italy?
No. The voter-approved Coastal Height Limit caps buildings at 30 feet in the coastal zone, but it expressly does not apply to the land bounded by National City on the south, San Diego Bay on the west and Laurel Street on the north. Little Italy sits inside that area, south of Laurel Street, so heights here are set by the Centre City Planned District instead.
Source: SDMC §132.0505(a), (b)(1) and (d).How tall can new buildings be in Little Italy?
Little Italy is in the Centre City Planned District, the zoning that implements the Downtown Community Plan. Within the Little Italy Sun Access Overlay (mapped in the code's Figure F), which is meant to keep sun on Little Italy's sidewalks and homes at midday around the winter solstice, buildings can't exceed 150 feet.
On blocks north of Cedar Street, every street front has a maximum 50-foot street wall; above it, buildings step back at a 45-degree angle on the east and west sides of a block and 15 feet on the north and south sides.
Source: SDMC §156.0301(a)–(b); §156.0307(b)(8) (Little Italy Sun Access Overlay); §156.0310(c)(1) and (c)(1)(A).Why do some new condos come without a parking space?
Downtown, the City requires no minimum parking for new homes: the maximum is one space per unit, and any spaces a new building does provide must be unbundled, meaning sold or leased separately from the homes. That's why some newer Little Italy condos are sold without a deeded space. Older buildings follow the rules they were approved under.
Source: SDMC §156.0313(a), Table 156-0313-A and §156.0313(a)(2)(A).Can I rent my condo as a short-term vacation rental?
Only with a City license. Any stay of less than one month counts as short-term residential occupancy and needs one. Renting the whole home for more than 20 days a year takes a Tier Three license, with a two-night minimum stay. Tier Three licenses can't exceed 1% of the City's housing units outside Mission Beach. They are issued by lottery when demand is high, and a host may hold only one license.
Licenses are not transferable, so a license does not come with the condo when you buy it. Check your building's association rules too.
Source: SDMC §510.0102 (definitions); §510.0103; §510.0104(a), (d), (e); §510.0106(c), (e).
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