Chatsworth Real Estate
Chatsworth Real Estate
This guide to Chatsworth real estate covers a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, within the City of Los Angeles. The City’s Council District 12 page gives its area as 15.24 square miles and says it is bordered by Porter Ranch, Northridge, West Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka, the Simi Hills and Ventura County.
Wikipedia lists its ZIP code as 91311. Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Santa Susana Pass stage road, the Iverson Movie Ranch, the Homestead Acre, getting around, parks, shopping, the library and schools, and address lookup tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Chatsworth is one of the communities in the San Fernando Valley section of this site.
Chatsworth Real Estate By The Numbers
Chatsworth
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 23
Chatsworth ranks among the lowest on Price Growth and Rent Growth, and below the middle on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Chatsworth, 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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Each bar shows how Chatsworth 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.
Chatsworth ranks among the lowest 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 Chatsworth
The City’s Council District 12 page says the first European explorers came into the Chatsworth area in 1769, and Wikipedia says they were led by the Spanish military leader Gaspar de Portolà. According to Wikipedia, the Chatsworth name was first recorded in 1888, when George R. Crow filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office a map of the San Fernando Valley with a subdivision he called Chatsworth Park. Wikipedia’s Chatsworth station article says the Southern Pacific Railroad opened a 22-mile branch line from Burbank to Chatsworth in 1893.
The same City page says the town became part of the greater city of Los Angeles in 1915 and that during the 1920s Chatsworth became a backdrop for many of the western movies.
Santa Susana Pass And The Stage Road
A California State Parks brochure says the route through the Santa Susana Pass opened in 1861 as the Coast Stage Line, used by the Butterfield Overland Company to deliver mail, and that its grade earned the name Devil’s Slide. Wikipedia’s article on the Old Santa Susana Stage Road says a bypass of the Devil’s Slide opened in 1895, the present Santa Susana Pass Road was built in 1917, and the City designated the stage road Historic-Cultural Monument #92 on January 5, 1972.
Iverson Movie Ranch
Wikipedia’s Movie ranch article, in its section on the Iverson Movie Ranch, says Karl and Augusta Iverson homesteaded a 160-acre farm in the Simi Hills in the 1880s, eventually expanding their land holdings to about 500 acres, of which approximately 320 acres made up the movie ranch. It says the Iversons reportedly allowed a movie to be filmed on the original property as early as 1912, and that the ranch was in the northwest corner of Chatsworth, along the western side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Wikipedia’s Chatsworth article describes the ranch as “the most filmed movie ranch in history.”
The Homestead Acre
The City’s Council District 12 page says James David and Rhonda Jane Hill settled in 1886 on 110 acres in what is now Chatsworth. It says about an acre and a half of the site is now the Homestead Acre, located in Chatsworth Park South, and calls the Homestead Acre “the only remaining homestead cottage in the San Fernando Valley.” The City says the site includes the wood cottage, which is now home of the Chatsworth Historical Society’s Virginia Watson Chatsworth History Museum.
Getting Around Chatsworth
Wikipedia says Chatsworth is serviced by the 118 freeway in the northern end of the neighborhood, and elsewhere calls it the 118 Ronald Reagan Freeway. Metrolink’s station page lists the Chatsworth Train Station, on the Ventura County line, at 10046 Old Depot Plaza Rd. It names Metro Buses, LADOT Commuter Express, Simi Valley Transit, Santa Clarita Transit, Metro Micro and Amtrak among the connections. Wikipedia says Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner serves the station.
Metro’s G Line page says the line serves the valley from the North Hollywood station to Chatsworth. Wikipedia’s article on the line gives June 30, 2012 as the date its Chatsworth station opened and says the line was renamed from Orange Line to G Line in 2020. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The City’s recreation and parks website lists Chatsworth Park North at 22300 Chatsworth St., with a lighted baseball diamond, lighted football and soccer fields, lighted outdoor basketball courts, unlighted volleyball courts, a play area, barbecue pits and picnic tables. It also lists the Chatsworth South Recreation Center at 22360 Devonshire St. Wikipedia says Chatsworth Park South is adjacent to the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park.
California State Parks’ page for that park says it is in Los Angeles County where the Simi Hills meet the Santa Susana Mountains, and lists hiking trails, bike trails and horseback riding. Wikipedia’s article on the park describes it as a California State Park of 670.68 acres. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
The City’s Council District 12 page for Chatsworth says several bars and restaurants still have hitching posts. Wikipedia’s Chatsworth article lists Northridge to the east and Canoga Park to the south, and Wikipedia describes a shopping mall in each of those communities. It describes Westfield Topanga as a shopping mall in the Canoga Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, at 6600 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, that opened on February 10, 1964, and the Northridge Fashion Center as a large shopping mall in Northridge that opened in 1971.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Chatsworth Branch Library is at 21052 Devonshire Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311, 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.
According to Wikipedia, California State University, Northridge is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the university’s About page lists 18111 Nordhoff Street. 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 Chatsworth 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. City Planning’s Chatsworth – Porter Ranch community plan page lists the Devonshire/Topanga Corridor Specific Plan under Overlays.
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