Yes, Bay Area home buyers get beaten to a pulp in the suburbs.
Median Sold Price, National Association of Realtors, August 2021
Tri-State Area
New York County.....$1,100,000...$1,400 per sq ft.
Kings County..............$839,800......$722 per sq ft.
Queens County...........$705,500......$538 per sq.ft.
Nassau County...........$655,000......$397 per sq ft.
Fairfield County(CT)...$649,900......$273 per sq. ft.
Richmond County.......$620,000......$381 per sq. ft.
Westchester County...$600,000......$334 per sq. ft.
Bergen County(NJ)....$587,000......$299 per sq. ft.
Suffolk County............$535,000......$322 per sq ft.
Hudson County(NJ)...$507,500......$551 per sq. ft
Bronx County..............$499,500......$337 per sq.ft.
Rockland County........$370,000......$266 per sq ft.
Bay Area:
San Mateo County......$1,700,000.....$933 per sq. ft.
Marin County..............$1,500,000.....$733 per sq. ft.
San Francisco County.$1,500,000...$1,000 per sq ft.
Santa Clara County.....$1,400,000.....$795 per sq. ft.
Alameda County.........$1,100,000.....$630 per sq. ft.
Santa Cruz County......$1,100,000.....$653 per sq ft.
Napa County.................$890,500......$582 per sq. ft.
Contra Costa County.....$850,000......$484 per sq. ft.
Sonoma County.............$737,000......$453 per sq ft.
Solano County...............$575,000......$329 per sq ft.
Hence these 4 Central Valley counties have been absorbed into the Bay Area Combined Statistical Area:
San Benito County........$775,000......$401 per sq. ft.
San Joaquin County.....$506,000.......$289 per sq ft.
Stanislaus County........$426,500.......$263 per sq ft.
Merced County.............$382,000......$226 per sq ft
Merced^ is 143 miles from Downtown San Francisco or 115 miles to Downtown San Jose.