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Monroe Park, Palo Alto Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
The Palo Alto blocks south of Adobe Creek on Monroe Drive, Miller Avenue and Silva Avenue, mostly 1940s and 1950s houses on the Mountain View line, served by Los Altos school districts.
Monroe Park by the numbers
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Monroe Park: Adobe Creek to the Mountain View line, around Monroe Dr, Miller Ave and Silva Ave (drawn around the lots). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Monroe Park
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Monroe Park from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Monroe Park: Adobe Creek to the Mountain View line, around Monroe Dr, Miller Ave and Silva Ave (drawn around the lots)); it may not match every local definition.
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Our sales near Monroe Park
None of the Palo Alto-area sales we can match to MLS records since 2012 sit inside the Monroe Park outline, so these are our closest listings, measured from its edge.
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How Monroe Park came to be
Monroe Park is the small piece of Palo Alto on the far side of Adobe Creek. The creek separates it from Charleston Meadows, and Mountain View begins at the end of its streets. The name is the city's own: Monroe Park, a 0.55-acre city park, sits inside it, and the city's park page says the park is named for Monroe Drive, which was named for L.G. Monroe, the original owner of the land that became the Monroe Park subdivision. Palo Alto Neighborhoods lists Monroe Park as one of the city's neighborhood associations.
The county's record-map index lists the Monroe Subdivision (Tract 483) in an early map book, along with the Garden Park subdivision maps (Tracts 620 and 1062) nearby and a much later Monroe Estates map (Tract 9757). City parcel data dates most of the houses to the 1940s and 1950s, with a handful listed with earlier build years and about a fifth rebuilt since 2000.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Monroe Drive is the long street, with about half the houses. Miller Avenue and Miller Court sit on the west side and Silva Avenue and Silva Court on the east, ending at the Mountain View line.
Most lots are zoned R-1 (8000), and some blocks are R-1 (10000), so the city's median lot here is about 9,400 sq ft. Original 1940s and 1950s houses sit next to rebuilds; about 20 percent of the houses were built in 2000 or later, and one house carries a historic-inventory status in the city layer. FEMA's flood map shows no high-risk flood zone at any parcel center here, even with the creek along the north side.
streets in monroe park
- Monroe Drive
- Miller Avenue
- Miller Court
- Silva Avenue
- Silva Court
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Monroe Park
- park
Monroe Park
A 0.55-acre city park with a playground, described by the city as a small retreat at the Palo Alto-Mountain View border.
- landmark
Adobe Creek
The creek runs along the north side and separates these blocks from the rest of Palo Alto.
- shopping
El Camino Real and San Antonio Road
Shops and services along El Camino Real are about a third of a mile (straight-line) away.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
These Palo Alto blocks are not in the Palo Alto Unified School District. The California Department of Education's 2025-26 district map and the Census school district layers place every house here in the Los Altos School District (K-8) and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Attendance areas and district lines change, so check the exact address with the districts before relying on a school assignment.
Los Altos School District guide · Mountain View-Los Altos high schools · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- San Antonio Caltrain station is about half a mile (straight-line) from the middle of the area.
- El Camino Real is about a third of a mile (straight-line) west and north.
- California Avenue Caltrain is about 2.1 miles (straight-line) northwest.
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Buying or selling in Monroe Park: what we check
Buying here
- Check the school districts for the exact address. The state and Census maps put these Palo Alto houses in the Los Altos School District and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, not PAUSD.
- Know which zoning the lot has: R-1 (8000), R-1 or R-1 (10000). The minimum lot size in the label affects lot splits and some rules.
- About two-thirds of the houses were built before 1960. Ask for permit history and check the sewer lateral, electrical panel and foundation.
- Lots near Adobe Creek may carry drainage or creek easements. Read the recorded map and title report.
- One house has a historic-inventory status in the city layer; if yours is it, ask the city's planning staff before exterior changes.
Selling here
- Say plainly that the house is in Palo Alto with Los Altos School District and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District service, and let buyers confirm with the districts.
- State the lot size from county records; lots here run near 9,400 sq ft.
- Name the recorded tract if you know it; the Monroe Subdivision and the Garden Park maps are in the county's index.
- Document updates and permits, since buyers compare original houses with nearby rebuilds.
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Monroe Park questions, answered
Is Monroe Park in Palo Alto or Mountain View?
The houses in this guide are in the City of Palo Alto, ZIP 94306. The Mountain View city line runs along the end of the streets, and some Monroe Drive addresses farther on are in Mountain View.
Which school districts serve Monroe Park?
The state's 2025-26 district map and the Census school district maps place these houses in the Los Altos School District (K-8) and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Check the exact address with the districts.
Is Monroe Park part of Charleston Meadows?
The city's GIS neighborhood map draws these blocks inside its Charleston Meadows area, but Palo Alto Neighborhoods lists Monroe Park as its own neighborhood, and Adobe Creek separates the two.
When were the houses built?
Mostly in the 1940s and 1950s; the median year built in city data is 1953, and about 20 percent were built in 2000 or later.
Is the area in a flood zone?
FEMA's map shows no high-risk flood zone at any house's parcel center here. Check the exact parcel on the FEMA map.
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Home styles in Monroe Park
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