Stevenson Ranch Real Estate
Stevenson Ranch Real Estate
This guide to Stevenson Ranch real estate covers an unincorporated community in the Santa Clarita Valley of Los Angeles County, so it is not a city. Wikipedia puts it in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains, west of Interstate 5 and the city of Santa Clarita, covering about 6.4 square miles, with ZIP code 91381.
According to Wikipedia, the Valencia neighborhood of the city of Santa Clarita lies to its east and northeast, Newhall to its southeast and unincorporated Valencia to its north. Read on for its history, Pico Canyon, parks and the County’s zoning tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Stevenson Ranch is one of the communities in the Santa Clarita Valley section of this site.
Stevenson Ranch Real Estate By The Numbers
Stevenson Ranch
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 47
Stevenson Ranch ranks among the lowest on Price Growth, below the middle on Rent Growth, and among the highest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Stevenson Ranch, 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 Stevenson Ranch
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Each bar shows how Stevenson Ranch 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.
Stevenson Ranch ranks among the lowest on Home Values and below the middle 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 Stevenson Ranch
According to Wikipedia, Dale Poe and his firm, Dale Poe Development Corp. of Agoura, bought land in what is now Stevenson Ranch in the early 1980s. In late 1985 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the first phase of 4,378 single-family homes, condominiums and apartments on 3,057 acres, and by 1996, 1,500 homes had been built.
Wikipedia says that in the fall of 1989 the city of Santa Clarita attempted to place Stevenson Ranch in its sphere of influence, in order to make the area eligible for annexation, and that the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) rejected it.
An Unincorporated Area Of Los Angeles County
The County’s Unincorporated Area Services page says Los Angeles County serves as the municipal government for unincorporated areas, and it lists Stevenson Ranch among its fiscal year 2023-24 community reports. That report says Regional Planning performs all land use planning functions for unincorporated areas including Stevenson Ranch.
Stevenson Ranch Proper, Westridge And The Old Road
Wikipedia says the Stevenson Ranch census-designated place includes two major subdivisions, both west of Interstate 5: Stevenson Ranch proper in the central and southern parts and Westridge in the north, connected by The Old Road. It lists Poe Parkway, Hemingway Avenue, Pico Canyon Road and Stevenson Ranch Parkway among the community’s major thoroughfares.
Pico Canyon And Mentryville
Wikipedia’s Stevenson Ranch article says the area backs up to the historic oil-mining town of Mentryville. The Mentryville article describes the town as an oil drilling town in the Santa Susana Mountains, at the end of Pico Canyon Road and four miles west of the Lyons Avenue exit from Interstate 5, and gives September 26, 1876 as the date of its first oil strike. According to the Pico Canyon Oilfield article, Mentryville was built a short distance from Well No. 4, which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966, and in 1995 Chevron donated the Mentryville site and the surrounding 800 acres in Pico Canyon to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Getting Around Stevenson Ranch
Wikipedia says Stevenson Ranch lies west of Interstate 5 and that Pico Canyon Road and Stevenson Ranch Parkway continue east into Santa Clarita as Lyons Avenue and McBean Parkway, respectively. City of Santa Clarita Transit’s Routes & Schedules page describes Routes 5 and 6 as service between Newhall/Stevenson Ranch and Canyon Country, with stops near the Newhall and Santa Clarita (Soledad) Metrolink Stations. Wikipedia lists Newhall station, at 24300 Railroad Avenue in Santa Clarita, on Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
Wikipedia says about 1,000 acres of Stevenson Ranch are set aside as parks, recreation areas and open space. The County’s Department of Parks and Recreation lists Pico Canyon Park, at 25600 Pico Canyon Rd., as a 21-acre passive park with hiking trails, picnic tables and restrooms. Its Pico Canyon Trail guide, updated June 2015, describes a 0.59-mile natural trail with a 75-foot elevation gain and names the park as its staging area. The Department also lists Dr. Richard H. Rioux Memorial Park, at 26233 W. Faulkner Dr., as a 17-acre park with baseball, softball and soccer fields and tennis courts. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia’s Stevenson Ranch article names the Stevenson Ranch Shopping Center as a shopping area in the community.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The LA County Library’s Stevenson Ranch Library is at 25950 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381. The Newhall School District says on its About Us page that it serves a portion of the City of Santa Clarita and the unincorporated communities of Stevenson Ranch and Westridge, and lists its schools. Wikipedia places Rancho Pico Junior High and West Ranch High School, both part of the William S. Hart Union High School District, in Stevenson Ranch. The William S. Hart Union High School District site lists both schools. College of the Canyons, in the Santa Clarita Community College District, lists a Valencia campus at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road and a Canyon Country campus at 17200 Sierra Highway.
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 Stevenson Ranch Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. Stevenson Ranch is unincorporated, so zoning comes from the County, not a city. The County’s Find My Zoning page says LA County Planning serves all areas outside a city in Los Angeles County and tells visitors to use Z-NET to find their zoning. LA County Planning’s GIS-NET Public page describes an interactive mapping application with planning and zoning information for unincorporated communities, searchable by address. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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