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Monte Sereno neighborhoods, side by side
Each of our 4 Monte Sereno neighborhood guides in one table: its single-family homes, their median lot (and age and size, where the records publish them), and how many sit in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones, counted parcel by parcel from public records.
- neighborhoods4Boyenga Team guides
- homes counted1,118single-family houses
- median lot range11,350to 43,260 sq ft
- in a fire hazard zone15514% of homes counted
side by side
Every Monte Sereno neighborhood, side by side
One row per neighborhood guide. Select a column heading to sort; each name opens its guide.
| Daves Avenue | 401houses | 13,4100.31 acre | 1973 | 2,739sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174% | 0 |
| El Sereno Hillside | 240houses | 43,2600.99 acre | 1963 | 3,493sq ft | 0 | 15565% · 48 very high | 0 | 4318% | 0 |
| Rose Avenue & Andrews Street | 134houses | 11,3500.26 acre | 1973 | 2,786sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twin Creeks | 343houses | 37,5000.86 acre | 1971 | 3,803sq ft | 1under 1% | 0 | 72% | 4814% | 0 |
Homes = single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family (marked “lots”). Percentages are shares of the homes counted in that neighborhood. Year built and house size are medians, shown only where the records publish them for at least 80% of the homes (— otherwise).
what stands out
What stands out
- Lot sizesMedian lots run from 11,350 sq ft in Rose Avenue & Andrews Street to 43,260 sq ft (0.99 acre) in El Sereno Hillside.
- Year builtWhere the records publish it, the median year built runs from 1963 in El Sereno Hillside to 1973 in Rose Avenue & Andrews Street.
- Flood zones (FEMA)Only Twin Creeks has homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone: 1 of 343 (under 1%).
- Fire zones (CAL FIRE)Only El Sereno Hillside has homes with part of the lot in a fire hazard severity zone: 155 of 240 (65%). 48 of the 155 homes are in Very High zones.
- Liquefaction zonesOnly Twin Creeks has homes in a liquefaction zone: 7 of 343 (2%).
- Landslide zones3 of the 4 neighborhoods have homes in an earthquake-induced landslide zone; the highest share is in El Sereno Hillside (43 of 240, 18%), followed by Twin Creeks (14%).
- Fault zones (Alquist-Priolo)No counted home is in an Alquist-Priolo fault zone.
prices
What homes are selling for
Prices move every week, so they live on pages that read the MLS each time they load.
- Neighborhood RankingEach Monte Sereno neighborhood ranked by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales.
- Price per Sq Ft MapEvery recent Monte Sereno sale plotted where it happened, shaded by price per square foot.
the method
How we counted
- Neighborhoods
- Our Monte Sereno neighborhood guides, using the outline drawn for each guide (approximate; neighboring outlines can overlap). Guides with fewer than 20 counted homes are left out.
- Homes
- Single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family. Condos and townhomes are not counted. These are the same homes as on our Flood & Fire, Lot Size and Earthquake Zones pages.
- Lot size
- The median parcel lot area: the parcel record’s lot area where the source publishes one, otherwise the area of the mapped parcel outline. Approximate; confirm a parcel’s size with the county assessor or a title report.
- Flood
- FEMA high-risk flood zones (A, AE, AH or AO) at each parcel’s center, on FEMA’s flood maps as of October 2026.
- Fire
- Any part of the lot inside a CAL FIRE fire hazard severity zone (Moderate, High or Very High), counted once in its highest zone, on CAL FIRE’s current maps as of October 2026.
- Earthquake zones
- The California Geological Survey’s liquefaction, earthquake-induced landslide and Alquist-Priolo fault zones as published in October 2026, judged at each parcel’s center.
- Source for Monte Sereno
- County assessor records (Town of Los Gatos layer).
questions
Questions we hear
Which Monte Sereno neighborhood has the biggest lots?
Among our 4 Monte Sereno neighborhood guides, El Sereno Hillside has the largest median lot, about 43,260 square feet (0.99 acre), and Rose Avenue & Andrews Street the smallest, about 11,350 square feet. Lot sizes come from public parcel records as of October 2026.
Do any Monte Sereno neighborhoods have homes in a flood zone?
Only Twin Creeks has homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone: 1 of 343 (under 1%). That’s judged at each parcel’s center on FEMA’s maps as of October 2026.
Are any Monte Sereno homes in an earthquake fault zone?
None of the 1,118 homes counted in our Monte Sereno guides is in an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Strong shaking can still reach any home in the region.
Where can I see home prices by neighborhood?
Our Neighborhood Ranking page ranks each Monte Sereno guide by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales, live from the MLS, and the Price per Sq Ft Map plots each sale where it happened.
more to learn
Keep going
- Monte Sereno homes and neighborhoodsHomes for sale and the full list of our Monte Sereno neighborhood guides.
- Lot Size by NeighborhoodThe same lot sizes next to every other city’s neighborhoods.
- Flood & Fire ZonesFlood and fire zone counts with zone-by-zone detail.
- Earthquake ZonesLiquefaction, landslide and fault zone counts for 415 neighborhoods.
- Outside Mapped Hazard ZonesThe neighborhoods where no counted home sits in a flood, fire or earthquake zone.
- One-Story HomesThe share of one-story houses in each Monte Sereno neighborhood where the records list stories.
- Year Built by NeighborhoodHow old the homes are in each Monte Sereno neighborhood where the records publish it.
- Earthquake Retrofit GrantsState grants to brace and bolt an older house on a raised foundation.
- Neighborhood RankingEach Monte Sereno neighborhood ranked by price per square foot, live from the MLS.
- Property Nerds Data LibraryThe datasets behind these numbers (PN-DS-27 to PN-DS-29) as CSV downloads.
Counts from public parcel records and FEMA, CAL FIRE and California Geological Survey maps as published in October 2026. Neighborhood outlines are our own and approximate. Not a substitute for a property-specific report or the disclosures in a sale.
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