Sherman Oaks Real Estate
Sherman Oaks Real Estate
This guide to Sherman Oaks real estate covers a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. Wikipedia says the neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains and lists its ZIP codes as 91401, 91403, 91413, 91423 and 91495. It says Sherman Oaks is roughly bounded by Studio City to the east, Van Nuys to the north, Encino to the west, and Bel Air and Beverly Hills Post Office to the south.
The Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council lists Burbank Boulevard on the north, Coldwater Canyon Avenue on the east, Mulholland Drive on the south and the 405 Freeway on the west as the boundaries of the community it represents, with exceptions, and says Neighborhood Council boundaries may differ from U.S. Postal Service and Los Angeles City Council district boundaries.
Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Los Angeles River and Sepulveda Dam Basin, Ventura Boulevard, getting around, parks and open space, shopping and dining, the library, schools and colleges, and tools for looking up an address. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Sherman Oaks is one of the communities in the San Fernando Valley section of this site.
Sherman Oaks Real Estate By The Numbers
Sherman Oaks
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 53
Sherman Oaks ranks above the middle on Price Growth and Rental Demand, and among the lowest on Rent Growth. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Sherman Oaks, 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 Sherman Oaks
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Each bar shows how Sherman Oaks 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.
Sherman Oaks ranks below the middle on Home Values and among the lowest 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 Sherman Oaks
According to Wikipedia, Sherman Oaks is named for Moses Sherman. The article says Gen. Moses Hazeltine Sherman, a partner of the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, developed Sherman Oaks, and that the company had subdivided 1,000 acres of land that would become Sherman Oaks. It adds that each acre was sold for $780 in 1927 and that Sherman’s other major venture was the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad.
Wikipedia’s article on the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake includes Sherman Oaks among the locations listed at intensity IX in its table of main shock Mercalli intensities. The numbers section links to official fire and earthquake hazard maps.
The Los Angeles River And Sepulveda Dam Basin
Wikipedia says the Los Angeles River runs along the northern edge of Sherman Oaks, forming part of the boundary with Van Nuys. It describes the river in this area as primarily a concrete lined flood control channel, though nearby sections of the Sepulveda Basin include more natural features. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ September 2011 Master Plan and Environmental Assessment for Sepulveda Dam Basin says the communities of Encino, Lake Balboa, Reseda, Sherman Oaks, Tarzana and Van Nuys border the Basin on all sides.
Wikipedia describes Sepulveda Dam as a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. It says the dam was completed in 1941 and was constructed in response to the historic 1938 floods.
Ventura Boulevard
Wikipedia calls Ventura Boulevard one of the primary east-west thoroughfares in the San Fernando Valley. According to Wikipedia, it is also one of the oldest routes in the San Fernando Valley, as it is along the commemorative route El Camino Real.
Getting Around Sherman Oaks
Wikipedia says Interstate 405, the San Diego Freeway, intersects U.S. Route 101 in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, and that Ventura Boulevard travels through Tarzana, Encino and Sherman Oaks before intersecting with Lankershim Boulevard in Studio City.
Metro’s Line 240 timetable, effective June 7, 2026, describes Metro Local service via Ventura Bl and Reseda Bl between Universal City and Northridge, with Sherman Oaks in its timetable headings and a Sherman Oaks Galleria map note. Metro’s Line 155 timetable, effective the same day, describes Metro Local service between Burbank and North Hollywood, with Sherman Oaks in its timetable headings and a Ventura & Van Nuys timepoint. Its map note for North Hollywood Station lists the Metro B Line and G Line among the connections. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The City’s recreation and parks website lists the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Recreation Center at 14201 Huston St. Its listed features include baseball diamonds, basketball courts, football and soccer fields, tennis and volleyball courts, an indoor gym, a play area and picnic tables. Council District 4’s Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys page lists the Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park at 14219 Huston St.
Wikipedia says portions of the Los Angeles River’s edge are accessible via Ernie’s Walk and the Los Angeles River bicycle path, providing limited access along the channel. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia describes the Sherman Oaks Galleria as an open-air shopping mall and business center at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards, and says it opened on October 30, 1980. Wikipedia describes Westfield Fashion Square as a shopping mall in the Sherman Oaks area at 14006 Riverside Drive. Council District 4’s page mentions shopping and dining along Ventura Boulevard.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch is at 14245 Moorpark Street (91423), 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 lists LAUSD schools within the Sherman Oaks boundary. 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 Sherman Oaks 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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