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Los Gatos & Monte Sereno Neighborhoods by Their Houses: Age, Size, Lots and Stories
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County assessor records list the year built, living area, lot size and stories for nearly every house in Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. We took the 7,673 single-family houses in the Town of Los Gatos and the 1,261 in the City of Monte Sereno from the town’s public parcel records, one record per parcel, and placed each in our neighborhood guide outlines. The figures come from public parcel data as of October 2026. There are no addresses or owner details here.
The short answer
- Los Gatos: the median house was built in 1963 and has 2,299 square feet on a 9,900 sq ft lot. 37% have two or more stories, and 13% were built in 2000 or later.
- Monte Sereno: the median house was built in 1971 and has 3,044 square feet on 0.5 acres. 37% have two or more stories, and 19% were built in 2000 or later.
- Oldest medians in Los Gatos: Broadway (1908), Almond Grove (1919) and Downtown Los Gatos (1933). Newest: Twin Oaks & Creekside (1996) and North Lark (1981).
- Most rebuilt in Los Gatos (built 2000 or later, guides with at least 100 houses): Twin Oaks & Creekside (42%) and North Lark (35%). Least: La Rinconada (6%) and Almond Grove (9%).
- Hillside area: 1,103 Los Gatos houses (14%) are in the town’s hillside overlay area; the guides with the most are Blossom Hill (324) and Shannon & Kennedy Road hills (321).
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Los Gatos, neighborhood by neighborhood
Oldest first, by the median year built. University-Edelen sits inside our Downtown Los Gatos guide, so its houses count in both. Each name opens its guide.
| Neighborhood | Houses | Median year built | Built before 1960 | Built 2000 or later | Median size | Median lot | Two or more stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway | 46 | 1908 | 80% | 9% | 2,446 sq ft | 6,920 sq ft | 41% |
| Almond Grove | 172 | 1919 | 78% | 9% | 2,057 sq ft | 6,650 sq ft | 41% |
| Downtown Los Gatos | 199 | 1933 | 65% | 22% | 1,825 sq ft | 5,570 sq ft | 45% |
| Glen Ridge | 209 | 1933 | 68% | 10% | 2,607 sq ft | 10,000 sq ft | 52% |
| University-Edelen | 91 | 1946 | 59% | 28% | 1,820 sq ft | 5,280 sq ft | 47% |
| San Benito & Mariposa | 266 | 1947 | 69% | 11% | 1,957 sq ft | 7,400 sq ft | 29% |
| Los Gatos Blvd & North 40 | 961 | 1958 | 52% | 15% | 1,944 sq ft | 8,000 sq ft | 26% |
| Vasona & Oak Meadow | 337 | 1958 | 69% | 18% | 1,804 sq ft | 7,800 sq ft | 24% |
| College Avenue & Jones Road | 301 | 1960 | 47% | 15% | 2,489 sq ft | 14,430 sq ft | 55% |
| Worcester Park & Vista del Monte | 507 | 1960 | 42% | 9% | 2,445 sq ft | 10,450 sq ft | 39% |
| Blossom Hill | 2,455 | 1963 | 32% | 11% | 2,250 sq ft | 9,600 sq ft | 31% |
| Johnson Avenue & Foster Road | 321 | 1964 | 43% | 14% | 2,602 sq ft | 13,500 sq ft | 53% |
| La Rinconada | 942 | 1964 | 12% | 6% | 2,495 sq ft | 11,760 sq ft | 31% |
| Shannon & Kennedy Road hills | 896 | 1966 | 38% | 15% | 2,912 sq ft | 14,980 sq ft | 39% |
| Rinconada Hills | 43 | 1973 | 0% | 0% | 2,632 sq ft | 11,450 sq ft | 58% |
| North Lark | 197 | 1981 | 33% | 35% | 2,026 sq ft | 8,000 sq ft | 52% |
| Twin Oaks & Creekside | 217 | 1996 | 38% | 42% | 1,649 sq ft | 5,500 sq ft | 61% |
| All of Los Gatos | 7,673 | 1963 | 36% | 13% | 2,299 sq ft | 9,900 sq ft | 37% |
The “All of Los Gatos” row also counts the 411 houses outside the neighborhoods above.
Monte Sereno, area by area
Our Monte Sereno guides cover the city by area. Oldest first.
| Neighborhood | Houses | Median year built | Built before 1960 | Built 2000 or later | Median size | Median lot | Two or more stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Sereno Hillside | 233 | 1964 | 39% | 22% | 3,612 sq ft | 1 acre | 41% |
| Twin Creeks | 344 | 1971 | 16% | 16% | 3,798 sq ft | 0.9 acres | 34% |
| Daves Avenue | 402 | 1973 | 36% | 13% | 2,748 sq ft | 13,400 sq ft | 31% |
| Rose Avenue & Andrews Street | 134 | 1973 | 39% | 23% | 2,783 sq ft | 11,300 sq ft | 45% |
| All of Monte Sereno | 1,261 | 1971 | 31% | 19% | 3,044 sq ft | 0.5 acres | 37% |
The “All of Monte Sereno” row also counts the 159 houses outside the neighborhoods above.
What stands out
- Monte Sereno houses are about 32% larger than Los Gatos houses (3,044 vs. 2,299 square feet at the median), on lots about 2.2 times as big.
- The oldest houses are around downtown: Broadway, Almond Grove, Downtown Los Gatos and Glen Ridge have medians before 1940.
- The biggest median houses are in Twin Creeks (3,798 sq ft), El Sereno Hillside (3,612 sq ft) and Shannon & Kennedy Road hills (2,912 sq ft).
Reading it right
- Source. Year built, living area, lot size, stories and the hillside flag are the county assessor’s and the town’s fields as published in the Town of Los Gatos’s public parcel layer, which also covers Monte Sereno; single-family means the assessor’s single-family use code.
- Neighborhood rows and city rows count differently. A neighborhood row counts every single-family parcel inside our guide’s outline, so Blossom Hill and the Shannon & Kennedy Road hills include houses in unincorporated county pockets (about 615 in Blossom Hill). Our Santa Cruz Mountains guide is left out because the town’s layer covers only part of it. The city rows count only parcels inside the city limits.
- “Year built” is the record’s year. A house torn down and rebuilt shows the rebuild year; an older house with an addition keeps its original year.
- Assessor records lag remodels. Living area and stories can miss recent additions. Check permits for any house you’re buying.
- A median isn’t a verdict. It describes the houses, not which neighborhood is right for you.
Go deeper
Los Gatos Housing Market by the Numbers covers prices and bidding, The Most Expensive Streets in Los Gatos & Monte Sereno goes street by street, and our Los Gatos sales shows the homes we’ve sold there. For fire zones, see Saratoga, Los Gatos & Monte Sereno Fire Hazard Zones and Flood & Fire Zones by Neighborhood. The Los Gatos and Monte Sereno city guides link every neighborhood guide.
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