Winnetka Real Estate
WWinnetka Real Estate
This guide to Winnetka real estate covers a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, in ZIP code 91306. Winnetka borders Chatsworth to the north, Northridge to the northeast, Reseda to the east, Woodland Hills to the south and Canoga Park to the west.
Below you will find the Winnetka Housing Market Score, home values, rents, schools and nearby places, followed by sections on the area’s history, getting around, parks and open space, shopping and dining, the library, and schools and colleges. For the wider region, see the San Fernando Valley real estate guide.
Winnetka Real Estate By The Numbers
The figures below come from free public sources and refresh automatically. The Housing Market Score is a way to compare Winnetka with other Los Angeles-area communities. It is not a rating of the neighborhood, its people or its schools.
Winnetka
Compared with 46 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 61
Winnetka ranks among the lowest on Price Growth, above 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 Winnetka, 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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What Is Behind The Score
Each bar shows how Winnetka 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.
Winnetka 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.
Winnetka Property Management
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A Short History Of Winnetka
Winnetka began in the early 1920s as a farming community. After World War I, Charles Weeks planned a “Garden Community” of single-acre poultry farms in the western San Fernando Valley and began selling tracts in 1922, according to the Winnetka Neighborhood Council. The colony was renamed Winnetka, and sources differ on the reason for the name. The neighborhood marked its 100th year in 2022.
Winnetka is covered by the Canoga Park-Winnetka-Woodland Hills-West Hills Community Plan, the City of Los Angeles planning document for this part of the Valley. The Winnetka Neighborhood Council was created after Los Angeles voters approved the 1999 City Charter reform, which established the neighborhood council system.
Getting Around Winnetka
Several Metro bus lines serve the area, including Lines 242 and 243 along Winnetka Avenue, Line 162 on Sherman Way, Line 165 on Vanowen Street, Line 166 on Nordhoff Street, Line 164 on Victory Boulevard and Line 244 on De Soto Avenue. Check Metro for current routes and schedules.
The Metro G Line busway runs along the south side of the area. The Pierce College Station, at 6424 Winnetka Avenue near Victory Boulevard, is listed in Winnetka, and the De Soto Station is nearby on Victory Boulevard. The Northridge Metrolink station at 8775 Wilbur Avenue serves the Ventura County Line. Bike lanes run along Winnetka Avenue and connect to the G Line Bikeway.
Parks And Open Space
The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks lists three parks in and around Winnetka:
- Winnetka Recreation Center, 8401 Winnetka Avenue, with an auditorium, a lighted baseball diamond, an indoor gym, a children’s play area, a community room, picnic tables, a kitchen and a stage.
- Runnymede Park, 20200 Runnymede Street, with a children’s play area, picnic tables, restrooms and unlighted tennis courts.
- Quimby Park, 7008 De Soto Avenue, with outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, unlighted tennis courts and unlighted volleyball courts.
Shopping And Dining
Winnetka’s main streets include Winnetka Avenue, Sherman Way, Vanowen Street and Roscoe Boulevard. For a larger shopping center, Westfield Topanga, which opened in 1964 at 6600 Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park, is close by.
Library, Schools And Colleges
Two Los Angeles Public Library branches sit on the edges of Winnetka: the Canoga Park Branch at 20939 Sherman Way and the West Valley Regional Branch at 19036 Vanowen Street in Reseda. Check the library’s website for current hours.
Winnetka is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Public schools in ZIP code 91306 include Limerick Avenue Elementary at 8530 Limerick Avenue and Winnetka Avenue Elementary at 8240 Winnetka Avenue. School assignment depends on the exact address, so use the district’s school finder in the box above to confirm. Los Angeles Pierce College is just south of Winnetka, next to the G Line Pierce College Station, and California State University, Northridge is at 18111 Nordhoff Street.
