Brentwood Real Estate
Brentwood Real Estate
This guide to Brentwood real estate covers a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles that Wikipedia describes as primarily residential and part of the Westside area of the Los Angeles Basin. Wikipedia lists its ZIP Code as 90049 and gives its area as 15.22 square miles. It says the district is at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, bounded by the San Diego Freeway on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, the Santa Monica city limits on the southwest, Sullivan Canyon/Westridge Trail on the west and Mulholland Drive on the north.
Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Getty Center, the West Los Angeles VA campus, Mandeville Canyon, getting around, parks, shopping and schools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Brentwood is one of the communities in the Westside section of this site.
Brentwood Real Estate By The Numbers
Brentwood
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 56
Brentwood ranks among the highest on Price Growth, above the middle on Rent Growth, and among the lowest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Brentwood, 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 Brentwood
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Each bar shows how Brentwood 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.
Brentwood ranks among the highest on Home Values and above 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 Brentwood
Wikipedia says modern development in Brentwood began after the 600-acre Pacific Branch, described below, was established in the 1880s, and that a small community outside the facility’s west gate took the name Westgate. City Planning’s Historic Resources Survey Report for the Brentwood – Pacific Palisades Community Plan Area says the name Brentwood first appears in 1906, when the Western Pacific Development Company bought 350 acres from the Santa Monica Land and Water Company.
It also says the majority of its survey area was annexed to the City of Los Angeles on June 14, 1916 as part of the Westgate annexation. Wikipedia says Westgate’s 49 square miles included large parts of what is now Pacific Palisades and a small portion of today’s Bel-Air.According to Wikipedia, on November 6, 1961, Santa Ana winds sent burning brush aloft and over the ridge into Brentwood, in what it calls a Bel Air disaster; the Los Angeles Fire Department’s fire zone history page says 484 homes were lost in the November 1961 Bel Air Fire. The numbers section links to official fire and earthquake hazard maps.
The Getty Center
The Getty’s visit page lists the Getty Center at 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049, and describes art from the Middle Ages to today set amid modern architecture and gardens. The Getty’s 20th anniversary page places the Getty Center on a Brentwood mountaintop, says Richard Meier was selected as the architect in 1984, and says the center opened to the public in December 1997. The Wikipedia article says the center is in the Brentwood neighborhood and is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
The West Los Angeles VA Campus
Wikipedia’s article on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center says the campus is located adjacent to the West Los Angeles, Westwood and Brentwood neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The VA’s history page says the Pacific Branch was established in 1887 with a combined land grant of 600 acres donated from John Percival Jones, Arcadia Bandini de Baker and John Wolfskill. The National Park Service’s Pacific Branch page describes the Pacific Branch as now the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System-West Los Angeles Healthcare Center and lists the location as 11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Mandeville Canyon
Wikipedia’s list of Brentwood’s residential sub-districts describes Mandeville Canyon as the westernmost part of Brentwood, north of Sunset. It says the canyon extends about three miles to the north and is “the longest dead end street in the City of Los Angeles.”
Getting Around Brentwood
Wikipedia’s Interstate 405 article says the entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway, the freeway named in the boundaries above. Its exit list includes Wilshire Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard and Getty Center Drive. Wikipedia’s Sunset Boulevard article says the boulevard stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, and that it continues through Brentwood to Pacific Palisades. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The City’s recreation and parks website says the Barrington Recreation Center is on Barrington Avenue in the Brentwood Neighborhood and lists its address as 333 S. Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049. The listed features include an indoor gym, lighted basketball and tennis courts, lighted baseball, soccer and football fields, a play area and picnic tables. Wikipedia says the Barrington Dog Park is across the street from the recreation center and is part of Barrington Veterans Park.
Wikipedia says San Vicente Boulevard is divided by a wide median on which stand many large coral trees. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia describes the Brentwood Country Mart as a local shopping center in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles. It gives the address as 225 26th Street near San Vicente Boulevard and says the Mart first opened on November 18, 1948.
Wikipedia’s Brentwood article names the Country Mart, Barrington Plaza and the San Vicente Business District as commercial areas, and places an area for dining and coffee in Brentwood Village at the intersection of Barrington and Sunset.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Donald Bruce Kaufman – Brentwood Branch Library is at 11820 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049, with a parking lot, a bike rack, public computers, Wi-Fi and wireless printing. The Los Angeles Unified School District says its area includes most of the city of Los Angeles, and its website links to school search, school directory and enrollment pages.
Wikipedia describes Mount Saint Mary’s University as a private university whose Chalon campus is in Brentwood. The university’s website lists its Chalon Campus at 12001 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049. 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 Brentwood 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 located in Los Angeles. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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