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Santa Clara neighborhoods, side by side

Each of our 10 Santa Clara neighborhood guides in one table: its single-family homes, their median lot, and how many sit in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones, counted parcel by parcel from public records.

  • neighborhoods10Boyenga Team guides
  • homes counted11,445single-family lots
  • median lot range5,960to 8,380 sq ft
  • in a liquefaction zone10,47992% of homes counted

side by side

Every Santa Clara neighborhood, side by side

One row per neighborhood guide. Select a column heading to sort; each name opens its guide.

Bowers/Monroe2,646lots5,9600.14 acre25910%02,646100%00
Briarwood2,290lots5,9600.14 acre9under 1%02,290100%00
Central Park West865lots7,5600.17 acre6under 1%083897%00
Fairway Glen424lots6,3900.15 acre205%0424100%00
Forest Park355lots8,3800.19 acre0034597%00
Killarney Farms1,066lots6,4200.15 acre5under 1%064060%00
Monastery Gardens191lots6,2300.14 acre00191100%00
Old Quad2,258lots6,3700.15 acre002,258100%00
Westwood828lots6,2600.14 acre00828100%00
Westwood Oaks522lots6,7400.15 acre82%0194%00

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. The records here don’t publish year built or house size widely enough to show.

what stands out

What stands out

  • Lot sizesMedian lots run from 5,960 sq ft in Briarwood to 8,380 sq ft (0.19 acre) in Forest Park.
  • Flood zones (FEMA)6 of the 10 neighborhoods have homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone; the highest share is in Bowers/Monroe (259 of 2,646, 10%), followed by Fairway Glen (5%).
  • Fire zones (CAL FIRE)CAL FIRE maps no fire hazard severity zone anywhere in these guide areas.
  • Liquefaction zonesAll 10 neighborhoods have homes in a liquefaction zone; the highest share is in Bowers/Monroe (2,646 of 2,646, 100%), followed by Briarwood (100%).
  • Landslide zonesNo counted home is in an earthquake-induced landslide zone.
  • 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 Santa Clara neighborhood ranked by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales.
  • Price per Sq Ft MapEvery recent Santa Clara sale plotted where it happened, shaded by price per square foot.

the method

How we counted

Neighborhoods
Our Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara
City of Santa Clara parcel zoning records.

questions

Questions we hear

Which Santa Clara neighborhood has the biggest lots?

Among our 10 Santa Clara neighborhood guides, Forest Park has the largest median lot, about 8,380 square feet (0.19 acre), and Briarwood the smallest, about 5,960 square feet. Lot sizes come from public parcel records as of October 2026.

Do any Santa Clara neighborhoods have homes in a flood zone?

6 of the 10 neighborhoods have homes in a FEMA high-risk flood zone; the highest share is in Bowers/Monroe (259 of 2,646, 10%), followed by Fairway Glen (5%). That’s judged at each parcel’s center on FEMA’s maps as of October 2026.

Are any Santa Clara homes in an earthquake fault zone?

None of the 11,445 homes counted in our Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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

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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