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San Miguel, Sunnyvale Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
A registered Sunnyvale neighborhood of single-family streets with Spanish and California place names, between Fair Oaks Avenue and Lawrence Expressway from Duane Avenue to US-101, around San Miguel Elementary.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for San Miguel (approximate outline traced from the boundary streets). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in San Miguel
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in San Miguel 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 (San Miguel (approximate outline traced from the boundary streets)); it may not match every local definition.
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Our sales in San Miguel
Since 2012 we’ve handled 3 sales inside the San Miguel outline that we can match to MLS records: 3 homes we listed. The other photos are our closest listings outside it, measured from its edge.
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the story
How San Miguel came to be
San Miguel is a neighborhood with its own paperwork: the San Miguel Neighbors Association, established in 1994 and registered with the City, reports about 735 households. Its area is a near-rectangle against US-101, from North Fair Oaks Avenue to Lawrence Expressway, with East Duane Avenue on the south. The association shares its name with San Miguel Avenue and with San Miguel Elementary, which sits at 777 San Miguel Ave. in the middle of the grid.
The records we found point to the 1950s. A house on San Pablo Avenue in listing records was built in 1954, a six-unit building on Carmel Avenue in 1959, and the Sunnyvale School District's history says San Miguel Elementary opened in 1957. The school closed in 1982 and reopened in 1995, the same year as Columbia Middle School.
The street names are the neighborhood's signature. One set uses Spanish San and Santa names, including San Rafael, Santa Ynez, San Pablo, San Ramon, San Simeon, San Tomas, Santa Rita, Santa Susana and Santa Rosa. Another borrows California place names: Colusa, Coachella, Blythe, Barstow, Chico, Carmel, Amador and Almaden.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The interior is single-family. In our grid check of the City's zoning map, about three-fifths of the residential land is R-0, on streets such as San Rafael Street, Santa Ynez Street, San Pablo Avenue, San Ramon Avenue, Colusa Avenue, Coachella Avenue and Almaden Avenue, plus short courts such as Chico, Barstow and San Saba. The San Pablo Avenue house in listing records is a single-level three-bedroom of about 1,112 square feet on a 5,260-square-foot lot, with a crawl-space foundation, a living-room fireplace and an attached two-car garage.
Multifamily zoning wraps the west and north edges. R-3 blocks toward Fair Oaks Avenue, on Carmel Avenue, Johanna Avenue, Blythe Avenue, Bernal Avenue and San Juan Drive, hold small apartment buildings with names such as Casa Caliente, Sunrise, San Juan Apartments, Fernmar Studios and Park West; the six-unit Carmel Avenue building in listing records sits on a 9,000-square-foot R-3 lot. Near Ahwanee Avenue, R-2 zoning covers North and South Ahwanee Terrace, Altamont Court and San Junipero Drive.
Ahwanee Avenue runs along US-101, so homes on the north side of the grid sit near the freeway, while Fair Oaks Avenue and Lawrence Expressway, both with US-101 interchanges, frame the west and east sides. Duane Avenue on the south carries a VTA bus line and faces the newer townhome blocks of the Fair Oaks Park area.
streets in san miguel
- San Miguel Avenue
- San Rafael Street
- Santa Ynez Street
- San Pablo Avenue
- San Ramon Avenue
- San Simeon Street
- San Tomas Street
- Santa Rita Street
- Santa Susana Street
- Santa Rosa Street
- San Juan Drive
- San Junipero Drive
- San Patricio Avenue
- San Pedro Avenue
- Santa Paula Avenue
- Colusa Avenue
- Coachella Avenue
- Carmel Avenue
- Alvarado Avenue
- Amador Avenue
- Almaden Avenue
- Bernal Avenue
- Blythe Avenue
- Johanna Avenue
- Caliente Drive
- East Ahwanee Avenue
- East Duane Avenue
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near San Miguel
- landmark
San Miguel Elementary
777 San Miguel Ave., a Sunnyvale School District elementary school in the middle of the neighborhood. The district's history says it opened in 1957, closed in 1982 and reopened in 1995.
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Muwékma Park
About 0.4 mile (straight line) south of the neighborhood's center, across Duane Avenue at 1035 Indian Wells Ave.: 6.5 acres with a multi-use field, a playground, a dog park, a jogging trail and outdoor fitness equipment.
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Fair Oaks Park
About 0.5 mile (straight line) southwest of San Miguel Elementary at 540 N. Fair Oaks Ave., with the Magical Bridge Playground, the Sunnyvale Skate Park, ballfields and a dog park. See our Fair Oaks Park guide.
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Lakewood Shopping Center
Across US-101 on Lawrence Expressway, about 0.6 mile (straight line) from the neighborhood's center; Lakewood Park, 8.8 acres on the City's park map, is about the same distance. See our Lakewood Village guide.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
San Miguel is in the Sunnyvale School District (K-8) and the Fremont Union High School District on the California Department of Education's 2025-26 map, across all of the residential land we sampled, and the listing records we read show the same districts. San Miguel Elementary, a Sunnyvale School District school, is inside the neighborhood at 777 San Miguel Ave. Attendance boundaries change, so check any specific address with the district.
Sunnyvale School District guide · Fremont Union guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- VTA light rail: the Fair Oaks station, across US-101 near Fair Oaks Avenue, is about 0.8 mile north (straight line) of San Miguel Elementary.
- Caltrain: Sunnyvale and Lawrence stations are each about 1.5 to 1.7 miles (straight line) from the neighborhood's center.
- VTA buses: current route data shows route 55 running through the neighborhood on Duane Avenue and several interior streets, and route 56 on Fair Oaks Avenue. Check VTA's current map.
- US-101 has interchanges at both Fair Oaks Avenue and Lawrence Expressway, at the neighborhood's northwest and northeast corners.
- Biking: the City's Active Transportation Plan map proposes neighborhood bike routes and bike boulevards on San Miguel Avenue, San Rafael Street, San Junipero Drive and Ahwanee Avenue, and an East Channel Trail between Ahwanee and Duane avenues.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in San Miguel: what we check
Buying here
- Check the flood zone for the exact parcel. The City's flood-zone layer maps FEMA AE and AO zones over roughly 30 percent of the residential land in our grid check, mainly the northern blocks toward Ahwanee Avenue and the area around San Juan Drive. By the city's parcel records, 164 of the guide's houses, condos and townhomes (16%) are in zones AE or AO (flood zones by neighborhood). Confirm on FEMA's current map and ask your lender and insurer early.
- Listen to the freeway. Homes near Ahwanee Avenue sit close to US-101; visit at commute hours and late evening.
- For 1950s houses, check the crawl-space foundation, original wiring and panel, plumbing, sewer lateral and roof, and pull permits for additions; pre-1978 homes come with a federal lead-paint disclosure.
- Zoning changes at the edges: R-0 inside, R-2 and R-3 along Fair Oaks Avenue and Ahwanee Avenue. Ask the City what is allowed on a specific lot, including ADU and SB 9 options.
- For a small apartment building on the R-3 blocks, review leases, the rent roll, permits for every unit and current state and local tenant rules.
Selling here
- Get ahead of the flood question: pull the FEMA zone for your parcel and gather any elevation certificate and flood-insurance history before listing.
- Gather permits for additions, garage conversions and second units so buyers and appraisers count the same square footage.
- Publish the real walking or biking route to the Fair Oaks light rail station and the drive to the US-101 ramps.
- For an R-3 income property, package the rent roll, leases and unit permits for buyers' review.
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San Miguel questions, answered
Where is San Miguel in Sunnyvale?
North-central Sunnyvale, between North Fair Oaks Avenue and Lawrence Expressway, from East Duane Avenue north to Ahwanee Avenue and US-101. San Miguel Elementary is in the middle at 777 San Miguel Ave.
Is San Miguel an official neighborhood?
Yes, in the sense Sunnyvale uses: the San Miguel Neighbors Association, established in 1994, is registered with the City. We found no official citywide neighborhood map; the City maps its registered associations.
What kinds of homes are in San Miguel?
Single-family homes on the interior streets, which hold about three-fifths of the residential land in our check of the City's zoning map, plus duplexes, townhomes and small apartment buildings toward Fair Oaks Avenue and Ahwanee Avenue. The build dates we found are from the 1950s.
Which schools serve San Miguel?
The area is in the Sunnyvale School District and the Fremont Union High School District. San Miguel Elementary is inside the neighborhood. Check the exact address with the district, since attendance boundaries change.
Is San Miguel in a flood zone?
Parts of it. The City's flood-zone map shows FEMA AE and AO zones over a share of the blocks, mostly toward Ahwanee Avenue. Check the FEMA map for the specific parcel.
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