Calabasas Real Estate
Calabasas Real Estate
This guide to Calabasas real estate covers a city in Los Angeles County, the City of Calabasas, which was incorporated on April 5, 1991. Wikipedia places it in the southwestern San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountains, and the City’s profile gives its size as 13.3 square miles. According to Wikipedia, the city is bordered by the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles to the northeast, Topanga to the east, Malibu to the south, Agoura Hills to the west and Hidden Hills to the north. Wikipedia lists ZIP codes 91301 and 91302 for Calabasas, and its Hidden Hills article lists 91302 as well.
Read on for the city’s history, Old Town Calabasas, how to get around, and where to find parks, shopping, dining, the library and schools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Calabasas is one of the communities in the San Fernando Valley section of this site.
Calabasas Real Estate By The Numbers
Calabasas
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 60
Calabasas ranks above the middle on Price Growth, among the highest on Rent Growth, and below the middle on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Calabasas, 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 Calabasas
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Each bar shows how Calabasas 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.
Calabasas ranks above the middle on Home Values and among the highest on 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 Calabasas
Wikipedia says the Chumash and Tongva have inhabited the San Fernando Valley for thousands of years. It says the name Calabasas is an archaic Californio variant spelling of the Spanish word calabazas, meaning winter squashes, and that a Spanish botanist recorded Las Calabazas as a place name in 1792. It adds that in 1770 an expedition headed by Gaspar de Portolá crossed the area, and that in 1776 a party led by Juan Bautista de Anza camped there. Wikipedia calls Calabasas the newest city in Los Angeles County.
Old Town Calabasas And The Leonis Adobe
Wikipedia says the city has a protected and maintained historical district called Old Town Calabasas. The City’s profile page says the City adopted the Old Town Calabasas Master Plan and Design Guidelines in 1994 to preserve and enhance the area around the Leonis Adobe.
The Leonis Adobe Museum is at 23537 Calabasas Road. The museum’s website says the adobe dates to 1844, that Miguel and Espiritu Leonis moved into it in the 1870s, and that its barn, built in 1912, was moved twice to accommodate the 101 Freeway. Wikipedia’s article on the Leonis Adobe lists the adobe as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1, designated in 1962, and says it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Getting Around Calabasas
Wikipedia says the Ventura Freeway (US 101) runs east-west through Calabasas, and places the city 29.9 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles via US 101. Metro’s Line Schedules and Maps page lists bus Line 161 as running between Thousand Oaks and Canoga Station via Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Calabasas.
The City runs its own transit service, which includes a fixed-route Line 1, peak-hour Lines 2 through 5, a seasonal Beach Bus and a seasonal Calabasas Trolley. The City lists Line 1 and the trolley as fare-free. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
King Gillette Ranch, at 26800 Mulholland Highway, is a 588-acre site with a visitor center, managed by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. The National Park Service page says the ranch is “adjacent to Malibu Creek State Park.” Malibu Creek State Park, at 1925 Las Virgenes Road, extends across the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains and encompasses over 8,000 acres, according to California State Parks.
The Calabasas Peak Motorway Trail, in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, is 1.89 miles with an 843-foot elevation gain, climbing a dirt fire road from Stunt Road to the ridge and Calabasas Peak, according to a Los Angeles County trail guide updated June 2015. Wikipedia lists Juan Bautista de Anza Park, at 3701 Lost Hills Road, among the facilities operated by the City’s Community Services Department, and describes Wild Walnut Park as an outdoor preserve along Mulholland Highway. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia describes The Commons at Calabasas as a retail and entertainment complex at 4799 Commons Way that opened in 1998. The Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner / Weights and Measures lists the Calabasas Certified Farmers’ Market at 23504 Calabasas Road on Saturdays, year round.
Library, Schools And Civic Center
The City of Calabasas website lists the Calabasas Library at 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302. Wikipedia says the Calabasas Civic Center, just west of The Commons at Calabasas, includes City Hall, the library and the Calabasas Amphitheater.
The Las Virgenes Unified School District’s website says it serves the cities and areas of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Bell Canyon and Westlake Village, and Wikipedia says it serves almost all of Calabasas. The district’s website gives its address as 4111 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, CA 91302, and its Schools page lists its schools with links to their own websites. 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 Calabasas Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. The City of Calabasas publishes a Zoning Map of its zoning districts, printed October 14, 2021, that asks readers to verify it with the Planning Department. The City’s Property Info/GIS page links to Community View, a GIS application for viewing a property’s land use information on any parcel in the city, and to a Land Use Map. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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