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Sunnyvale Houses by Bedroom Count: Where the 3-, 4- and 5-Bedroom Houses Are
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The City of Sunnyvale’s parcel records carry the county’s bedroom count for each house. 20,874 of the city’s 20,951 single-family houses have one, and we sorted them into our neighborhood guides. Here is how many bedrooms Sunnyvale houses have, neighborhood by neighborhood, from the public records as of October 19, 2026. There are no addresses here.
The short answer
- Three bedrooms is the most common. 10,532 houses (50%) have three, 7,332 (35%) have four, 2,074 (10%) have five or more and 936 (4%) have two or fewer.
- The guides built around Eichler tracts are mostly four-bedroom. Four or more bedrooms: Rancho Verde 94%, Rancho Sans Souci 94%, Fairbrae 91% and Fairorchard 83%.
- Among the larger neighborhoods, Serra Park & West Valley has the most four-plus-bedroom houses: 1,609 of 2,443 (66%).
- Three bedrooms dominate in Lakewood Village (82%), San Miguel (74%) and SNAIL (73%).
- The highest shares of houses with two bedrooms or fewer are in Fair Oaks Park (35%), Murphy Park (30%) and Heritage District & Downtown (22%).
- A four-bedroom house isn’t the same size everywhere. The typical one is 1,465 sq ft in San Miguel and 2,308 sq ft in Rancho Sans Souci (citywide, 1,888 sq ft).
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Single-family houses inside each guide’s outline by bedroom count, sorted by the share with four or more. The last column is the median living area of the guide’s four-bedroom houses (shown where there are at least 10).
| Neighborhood | Houses | 2 or fewer | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | Typical 4-bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Verde | 124 | 0% | 6% | 83% | 11% | 1,752 sq ft |
| Rancho Sans Souci | 35 | 0% | 6% | 74% | 20% | 2,308 sq ft |
| Fairbrae | 397 | 2% | 8% | 79% | 12% | 1,831 sq ft |
| Fairorchard | 54 | 0% | 17% | 74% | 9% | 1,890 sq ft |
| Fairwood | 385 | 0% | 29% | 63% | 8% | 1,675 sq ft |
| Primewood | 79 | 0% | 30% | 62% | 8% | 2,100 sq ft |
| Serra Park & West Valley | 2,443 | 1% | 33% | 53% | 12% | 1,987 sq ft |
| Panama Park | 622 | 2% | 33% | 54% | 11% | 1,722 sq ft |
| Ortega Park | 1,083 | 0% | 37% | 46% | 17% | 1,951 sq ft |
| Sunny Arts & Community Center | 329 | 1% | 37% | 50% | 12% | 1,882 sq ft |
| Cherryhill | 484 | 0% | 40% | 51% | 8% | 1,967 sq ft |
| Cumberland & Las Palmas | 1,411 | 0% | 41% | 40% | 18% | 2,050 sq ft |
| Ponderosa Park | 1,575 | 1% | 45% | 38% | 17% | 1,691 sq ft |
| Lawrence Station | 628 | 3% | 43% | 45% | 9% | 1,858 sq ft |
| Braly Park | 350 | 2% | 51% | 36% | 11% | 2,132 sq ft |
| Birdland | 1,123 | 0% | 57% | 33% | 9% | 1,740 sq ft |
| Cherry Chase | 1,371 | 5% | 66% | 23% | 6% | 1,905 sq ft |
| Sunnyvale Manor & Sunnymount Gardens | 573 | 10% | 63% | 19% | 8% | 1,791 sq ft |
| San Miguel | 684 | 1% | 74% | 19% | 6% | 1,465 sq ft |
| Sunnyvale West | 920 | 12% | 67% | 17% | 4% | 1,922 sq ft |
| Heritage District & Downtown | 600 | 22% | 59% | 16% | 3% | 1,875 sq ft |
| Lakewood Village | 1,569 | 0% | 82% | 11% | 7% | 1,598 sq ft |
| SNAIL | 1,276 | 9% | 73% | 15% | 3% | 1,694 sq ft |
| Murphy Park | 565 | 30% | 56% | 10% | 4% | 1,851 sq ft |
| Fair Oaks Park | 130 | 35% | 56% | 8% | 0% | 1,486 sq ft |
| All of Sunnyvale | 20,874 | 4% | 50% | 35% | 10% | 1,888 sq ft |
Reading it right
- These are county records. They reflect the bedrooms on file with the county. A permitted addition usually updates them; work done without permits doesn’t, so a listing can show more bedrooms than the record.
- A room isn’t always a bedroom. Whether a den or office counts depends on things like a closet, a window and egress, so check the permit history before you count on a bedroom.
- Houses only. Condos, townhomes and apartments aren’t counted, and neither are accessory dwelling units.
- Some outlines overlap. A house inside a tract guide and a larger neighborhood guide counts in both.
Go deeper
The Bedroom Math shows what one more bedroom has sold for, city by city, from 180 days of sales. Sunnyvale Neighborhoods by Their Houses covers age, size, lots and second stories in the same guides, and our count of every Sunnyvale Eichler breaks out the tracts. The Sunnyvale city guide links all 26 neighborhood guides.
Need one more bedroom?
A Property Nerd can pull the recent three- and four-bedroom sales on your street, check the permit history on a home you’re eyeing, or price an addition against what the extra bedroom has sold for. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.