Van Nuys Real Estate
Van Nuys Real Estate
This guide to Van Nuys real estate covers a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. Wikipedia lists its ZIP codes as 91401, 91405, 91406, 91409 and 91411 and says Van Nuys is bordered on the north by North Hills, on the northeast by Panorama City, on the east by Valley Glen, on the south by Sherman Oaks, on the southwest by the Sepulveda Basin, on the west by Lake Balboa and on the northwest by Northridge.
Read on for the neighborhood’s history, Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys City Hall, the General Motors plant, getting around, parks, shopping, the library and schools, and the zoning and assessment tools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Van Nuys is one of the communities in the San Fernando Valley section of this site.
Van Nuys Real Estate By The Numbers
Van Nuys
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 51
Van Nuys ranks below the middle on Price Growth and Rent Growth, and above the middle on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Van Nuys, 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 Van Nuys
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Each bar shows how Van Nuys 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.
Van Nuys ranks among the lowest on Home Values and 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 Van Nuys
According to Wikipedia’s Van Nuys article, the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by Hobart Johnstone Whitley along with Harry Chandler, H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt, purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2.5 million in 1909. It says the town was founded in 1911 and named for one of its developers, Isaac Newton Van Nuys, a rancher and entrepreneur.
Wikipedia says Van Nuys was the first new stop on the San Fernando Line of the Pacific Electric Railway red cars system, which boosted its early land sales. It says Los Angeles annexed Van Nuys on May 22, 1915, after completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Van Nuys Airport
The Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) home page calls LAWA “the governing body for LAX and Van Nuys Airports”. The airport’s own Airport Facts page says Van Nuys Airport covers 730 acres and opened in 1928 on 80 acres as the privately owned Metropolitan Airport, and its History page says the City of Los Angeles purchased the airport from the U.S. War Assets Administration in 1949 for $1.
Van Nuys City Hall
Wikipedia says Van Nuys became the Valley’s satellite Los Angeles municipal civic center with the 1932 Art Deco Valley Municipal Building (Van Nuys City Hall), a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The City’s Department of Cultural Affairs lists Van Nuys City Hall at 14410 Sylvan St. and says it was built in 1932 originally as the Valley Municipal Building. Wikipedia’s Van Nuys City Hall article says it is located within the larger Van Nuys Government Center on Van Nuys Boulevard.
The General Motors Van Nuys Assembly Plant
Wikipedia says that from December 1947 until August 1992, General Motors operated an automobile factory called Van Nuys Assembly at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street.
Getting Around Van Nuys
Wikipedia’s Van Nuys article says Van Nuys is served by the 405 (San Diego Freeway) passing through it, and lists the Route 101 (Ventura Freeway) and the Route 170 (Hollywood Freeway) among other nearby freeways. It also says Van Nuys has two Metro G Line stations, Van Nuys and Sepulveda.
Metro’s line schedules page lists Line 233 as West LA – Lakeview Terrace via Van Nuys Bl, Sepulveda Bl, and Line 761 as West Los Angeles – Sylmar via San Fernando Bl, Van Nuys Bl, Sepulveda Bl. The timetables it links for both are effective June 7, 2026, and both show a Van Nuys G Line Station stop. The LAX official website’s Van Nuys FlyAway page, read October 19, 2026, says the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus Terminal is located at 7610 Woodley Avenue in Van Nuys. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
Wikipedia’s Van Nuys article describes the adjacent Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area as a large open space park behind Sepulveda Dam. The City’s Delano Recreation Center page gives the address as 15100 Erwin St., Van Nuys, CA 91411 and lists an auditorium, a stage, a synthetic field and a kitchen. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia says Van Nuys Boulevard has a long commercial district along it, as do other major streets crossing through Van Nuys. It says The Plant shopping center opened in 1999 on the former General Motors factory site.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Van Nuys Branch Library is at 6250 Sylmar Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91401. The library’s page lists a parking lot, public computers, Wi-Fi, wireless printing and a scanner. Wikipedia says the Los Angeles Unified School District operates neighborhood public schools in Van Nuys, and the district’s website links to School Search, School Directory and Enroll Now pages.
Wikipedia says Los Angeles Valley College, part of the Los Angeles Community College District, opened to the public in 1949 with its campus on the site of Van Nuys High School and moved in 1951 to its permanent site on Fulton Avenue in Valley Glen. 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 Van Nuys Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. City Planning’s Van Nuys – North Sherman Oaks Community Plan page says the plan area includes the neighborhoods of Van Nuys, North Sherman Oaks, and Valley Glen. 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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