Studio City Real Estate
Studio City Real Estate
This guide to Studio City real estate covers a neighborhood in the southeast San Fernando Valley, part of the City of Los Angeles. Wikipedia puts it just west of the Cahuenga Pass and gives its area as 6.31 square miles. The Los Angeles Public Library’s page for its Studio City Branch and Wikipedia’s article on Radford Studio Center both list Studio City addresses in ZIP code 91604. Wikipedia’s articles on Sherman Oaks and Toluca Lake place those neighborhoods to the west and the east of Studio City. Read on for the neighborhood’s history, Radford Studio Center and the Campo de Cahuenga, and where to find parks, shopping and dining. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Studio City is one of the communities in the San Fernando Valley section of this site.
Studio City Real Estate By The Numbers
Studio City
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 88
Studio City ranks above the middle on Price Growth, and among the highest on Rent Growth and Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Studio City, its people or its schools, and it does not measure affordability. A higher or lower number only shows how these three housing-market numbers compare with other communities.
What The Number Means
Select a range to see what it means
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the slowest of the communities, and more rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the slowest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the slowest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the slowest, and the share of empty rentals is higher than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the lowest of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are slower, and more rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally behind the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally slower.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally slower than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is higher.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank below the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are faster, and fewer rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally ahead of the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally faster.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally faster than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is lower.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank above the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the fastest of the communities, and fewer rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the fastest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the fastest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the fastest, and the share of empty rentals is lower than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the highest of the communities.
Based on the last 12 months of Zillow data and the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy survey, which covers several years. This compares housing-market numbers across communities. It says nothing about what a property costs or earns, and it is not a forecast, advice, or a rating of any area.
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Schools Near Studio City
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Each bar shows how Studio City ranks among the communities with figures for that measure. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Change in the typical home value over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
Change in the typical rent over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
Share of rental homes that sit empty (Census Bureau survey, 2020 to 2024, so it can run behind today’s market). Fewer empty rentals ranks higher. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
See how this score is calculated
The Housing Market Score compares this community with the other Los Angeles-area communities this site covers (the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, central Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley). It is a resource for anyone comparing areas: buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, investors and developers. A community with more than one ZIP code uses all of them: each ZIP code’s home values and rents count in proportion to its number of homes (the Census Bureau’s home counts), and the empty rentals and rental homes of all of them are added together. Each measure is turned into a rank from 0 to 100, then the ranks are averaged. A rank of 89 means the area is ahead of about 89 out of every 100 others on that measure. The bar below the score splits the 0 to 100 scale into four ranges (0–25, 26–49, 50–79 and 80–100). Selecting a range shows what it looks like for a buyer, seller, tenant, landlord or someone looking to invest, and the same four names label each measure bar. Price Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical home value over the last 12 months. Rent Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical rent over the last 12 months. Rental Demand is how few rental homes sit empty, from the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy rate (fewer empty rentals ranks higher). If a measure has too little data for an area, it is left out and the score says how many measures it used. The score describes housing-market numbers only. It is not a rating of the people or the neighborhood, and it is not investment advice.
Price Level
Price Level compares how high typical home values and rents are with the other communities. It is separate from the Housing Market Score and does not change it. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Studio City ranks above the middle on Home Values and Rents.
The typical home value (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
The typical monthly rent (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
It is not part of the Housing Market Score, and it does not measure affordability or the cost of living. It compares typical home values and rents across communities. Dollar figures are in the Market Snapshot tab.
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A Short History Of Studio City
Wikipedia says the area was originally known as Laurelwood and was part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando. The article adds that construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct began in 1908, that water reached the San Fernando Valley in November 1913, and that Hobart Johnstone Whitley platted the area of present-day Studio City. It says that in 1927 Mack Sennett began building a new studio on 20 acres donated by the land developer, and that the area around the studio was named Studio City.
Radford Studio Center
Radford Studio Center, also called CBS Studio Center, is a television and film studio at 4024 Radford Avenue, according to Wikipedia. The article says Mack Sennett opened his studio at what is now Ventura Boulevard and Radford Avenue in May 1928, and that after his bankruptcy the studio lot was sold to Mascot Pictures, one of the companies that merged by 1935 to form Republic Pictures Corporation. It adds that CBS Television became the primary lessee in 1963, that the facility was renamed the CBS Studio Center while under lease, and that the network bought the 70-acre lot from Republic in February 1967.
Campo De Cahuenga
The City’s Recreation and Parks page lists the Campo de Cahuenga at 3919 Lankershim Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604, and describes the memorial park as situated on Lankershim Boulevard across from Universal City Studios.
The Recreation and Parks page says the Campo de Cahuenga is the site of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga in January 1847. It adds that the original adobe was demolished in 1900, that the City provided the funds to purchase the property in 1923, and that a replica “adobe” ranch house was dedicated on November 2, 1950. Wikipedia lists the site as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 29 and California Historical Landmark No. 151.
Getting Around Studio City
Wikipedia says Ventura Boulevard runs through Tarzana, Encino and Sherman Oaks before meeting Lankershim Boulevard in Studio City, where it becomes Cahuenga Boulevard and winds through the Cahuenga Pass into Hollywood. The City’s 1998 community plan, which covers Studio City, says its plan area is served by the Hollywood, Ventura and 101 Freeways.
Metro’s list of parking lots by line includes the Universal City/Studio City station under the B Line. Wikipedia says the underground station, under Lankershim Boulevard, opened on June 24, 2000, and was built around the historic Campo de Cahuenga. It adds that several public bus lines stop or terminate at the bus plaza on the west side of Lankershim Boulevard, adjacent to the station. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
Wilacre Park, a 128-acre park in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains off Laurel Canyon Boulevard, gives access to the Betty B. Dearing trail and the Cross Mountain Park trail system to Fryman Canyon Park, Coldwater Canyon Park and Franklin Canyon Park, according to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA).
Fryman Canyon Park, a 122-acre park reached from the Nancy Hoover Pohl Overlook on Mulholland Drive, has a fitness course and a paved parking lot at the trailhead. The MRCA says no mountain bikes are allowed on the Dearing Trail. The MRCA’s pages for both parks give Studio City addresses.
Wikipedia also lists the Studio City Recreation Center (commonly known as Beeman Park) on Rye Street and the North Valleyheart Riverwalk, a linear park that abuts the Los Angeles River. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia’s article on Ventura Boulevard, which runs through Studio City, says the Ventura Business District is the commercial district along and around the boulevard, and that the street has historically been one of the most concentrated locations for small businesses and shops in the Valley. The City’s 1998 community plan says Laurel Canyon Boulevard “serves as the focal point of Studio City with its intense commercial development at the respective four corners.”
Library And Schools
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Studio City Branch is at 12511 Moorpark Street (91604), with a parking lot, a bike rack, public computers, Wi-Fi and wireless printing. Wikipedia lists Los Angeles Unified School District campuses within Studio City’s boundaries, and the district’s School Directory page has a search for district-operated schools and programs by address, keywords or themes. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.
Look Up A Studio City Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. ZIMAS is a web-based mapping tool from City Planning that provides zoning information for properties in Los Angeles, including a parcel’s land use and zoning designations. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
City Planning’s page for the Sherman Oaks-Studio City-Toluca Lake-Cahuenga Pass Community Plan links the plan document and maps for an area that includes Studio City.
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