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White Oaks, Campbell Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Campbell's southern wedge between Highway 17 and S. Bascom Avenue: 1955 tract streets, 1980s townhome communities and new infill along White Oaks Road, with a footbridge to Los Gatos Creek County Park.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in White Oaks
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in White Oaks 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 (White Oaks: Hwy 17 to S. Bascom Ave in south Campbell (approximate)); it may not match every local definition.
the story
How White Oaks came to be
White Oaks is the slice of Campbell on the east side of Highway 17, a narrow wedge running from the Camden Avenue interchange down to Highway 85, with S. Bascom Avenue and San José along its other side. The city's General Plan maps it as its own neighborhood under the same name as White Oaks Road, the street that runs through the middle.
Before the tracts, this was prune and apricot orchard country. The clearest survivor is the Earl and Virginia Young House, a 1928 Tudor Revival-style house built for a farmer who was vice president of the California Prune and Apricot Growers Association. It first stood at 14301 S. Bascom Avenue. When a 1979 rezoning threatened it, the house was moved about 700 feet and turned to face White Oaks Road, where it sits today at No. 1888. Campbell lists it as a historic landmark, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Campbell took White Oaks in pieces. The city's annexation map shows more than a dozen separate annexations here between 1959 and 1988. The south end, where Longfellow, Holmes, Emerson, Kilmer, Mozart, Beethoven and Loretta sit, stayed an unincorporated county pocket until the city annexed it as the 'South Pocket' in 2006.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
The core is a 1950s tract. City parcel records date nearly every house on Longfellow, Holmes, Emerson, Kilmer, Sharp, Parsons, Fairbanks, Browning and Pope Court to 1955 or 1956, and most of White Oaks Road and Redding Road to the mid- to late 1950s. These are mostly one-story ranch houses with about 1,400 to 1,700 square feet of recorded building area, on lots of about 6,500 to 8,700 square feet. Longfellow, Holmes, Emerson and Kilmer share their names with poets, and Mozart Avenue and Beethoven Lane add two composers, so the street map reads a little like a liberal-arts syllabus.
Newer houses fill the gaps. Hatcher Court dates to 1996-98, Beethoven Lane to 2006 (23 two-story homes), Land Place to 2018, Oak Tree Circle to 2022 (21 homes), and several new houses went up on E. Mozart Avenue between 2022 and 2025. Older lots on White Oaks Road and Hoffman Lane mix 1940s and 1950s houses with recent rebuilds.
About half the parcels are condos and townhomes. The largest groups are on Redding Road (about 145, mostly built in the 1980s), Shelley Avenue (about 125, built 1981 to 2007), Monte Villa Court (46, built 1984), Loretta Lane (41, built 1980) and S. Bascom Avenue and Bascom Court (built 1980 to 1989). Offices line part of S. Bascom Avenue, and a few light-industrial buildings sit at the north end of White Oaks Road near Camden Avenue. House numbers at the south end jump into the 14500s on Bascom and the 16100s on Loretta Lane and Mozart Avenue, a different numbering run from the 1000s on White Oaks Road.
streets in white oaks
- White Oaks Road
- Shelley Avenue
- Redding Road
- Redding Park Lane
- Hoffman Lane
- Parsons Avenue
- Sharp Avenue
- Fairbanks Avenue
- Browning Avenue
- Pope Court
- Longfellow Avenue
- Holmes Avenue
- Emerson Avenue
- Kilmer Avenue
- E. Mozart Avenue
- Beethoven Lane
- Oak Tree Circle
- Loretta Lane
- Monte Villa Court
- Hatcher Court
- White Oaks Court
- Land Place
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near White Oaks
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Los Gatos Creek County Park
On the other side of Highway 17, reached on foot or by bike over the pedestrian bridge at the end of E. Mozart Avenue. The county park has six percolation ponds, fly-casting ponds, a dog park with separate areas for large and small dogs, and the paved Los Gatos Creek Trail; the main entrance off Dell Avenue charges a day-use parking fee.
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Mozart Pedestrian Overcrossing
The city's pedestrian-bridge list includes this crossing over Highway 17 to E. Mozart Avenue. It is the neighborhood's direct link to the creek trail, which runs north toward downtown Campbell and south toward Vasona Park and Los Gatos.
- landmark
Earl and Virginia Young House
The 1928 Tudor Revival-style house at 1888 White Oaks Road, a Campbell historic landmark and National Register property. It is a private home, so look from the street.
- shopping
Camden Avenue and S. Bascom Avenue
Shops, offices and services sit along Camden Avenue at the north end and along S. Bascom Avenue. Downtown Campbell is about 1.1 miles north of the neighborhood's north edge, and the Pruneyard about 1.4 miles (straight line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
City parcel records and the Census Bureau's school district maps put White Oaks in the Cambrian School District for kindergarten through eighth grade and the Campbell Union High School District for high school, even though much of Campbell is in the Campbell Union School District. Cambrian's Farnham Elementary is on Woodard Road in San José, just across S. Bascom Avenue and about 0.1 mile from the neighborhood's edge (straight line). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
Cambrian School District guide · Campbell Union High guide · Silicon Valley school districts
Getting around
- Highway 17 has an interchange with Camden Avenue and San Tomas Expressway at the north tip, and Highway 85 runs along the south edge, with the 17/85 interchange at the southwest corner.
- VTA light rail: Winchester station, the southern end of the Green Line, is about 0.6 mile from the north edge and about 1.2 miles from the middle of the neighborhood (straight line), on the other side of Highway 17.
- VTA Route 61 runs on S. Bascom Avenue, with stops including Bascom and Camden, between Good Samaritan Hospital and north San José by way of Berryessa BART.
- On foot or by bike, the Mozart pedestrian bridge over Highway 17 connects to the Los Gatos Creek Trail, a paved off-street trail toward downtown Campbell and San José to the north and Vasona Lake County Park (about 1.3 miles from the south edge, straight line) to the south.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in White Oaks: what we check
Buying here
- Check the flood map. FEMA's map shows much of White Oaks, including the 2006 South Pocket streets and the S. Bascom Avenue frontage, as Zone D, meaning possible but undetermined flood hazard, rather than Zone X. Ask your lender and insurance agent how they treat Zone D for the exact parcel.
- City parcel records flag about one in five parcels here for liquefaction potential. Read the natural hazard disclosure and ask the city whether a soils report is needed before a rebuild or a big addition.
- Know the zoning. The 1955 streets are mostly R-1-6, while the newer infill and most condo communities are planned development (P-D) zones, where the approved development plan and any HOA rules shape what you can change.
- Confirm the jurisdiction and mailing address. Everything inside this outline is in the City of Campbell, but the far side of S. Bascom Avenue is San José, and city parcel records list a few south-end parcels with Los Gatos 95032 mailing addresses.
- On the original 1950s houses, check the electrical panel, plumbing, roof, foundation and sewer lateral, and match any additions to city permit records.
Selling here
- Buyers will compare your house with the 1955 originals on the same street, so have permit records ready for additions, garage conversions and ADUs.
- If your parcel is in FEMA Zone D, get an insurance quote and the flood map printout before listing so the question doesn't stall escrow.
- For condos and townhomes, order HOA documents early, including the budget, reserve study and any planned assessments.
- Use measured distances: the Mozart bridge to the creek trail, the Hwy 17 and Hwy 85 interchanges at the corners, and about 0.6 mile to Winchester light rail from the north edge.
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faq
White Oaks questions, answered
Is White Oaks in Campbell or San José?
Everything inside this outline is in the City of Campbell. The other side of S. Bascom Avenue, including Woodard Road and the streets east of it, is San José, and a few south-end Campbell parcels carry Los Gatos 95032 mailing addresses. Check the county tax bill for any specific address.
Which school district serves White Oaks?
City parcel records and Census maps show the Cambrian School District for K-8 and the Campbell Union High School District. Cambrian's Farnham Elementary is just across S. Bascom Avenue. Boundaries change, so confirm the exact address with each district.
How old are the homes?
Most single-family houses date to 1955-1959. The condo and townhome communities are mostly from the 1980s and 1990s, and there is newer single-family infill from 2006, 2018 and 2022-2025.
How do I get to Los Gatos Creek County Park?
Walk or bike to the end of E. Mozart Avenue and cross the pedestrian bridge over Highway 17. By car, the main entrance with paid day-use parking is off Dell Avenue on the other side of the freeway.
What does FEMA Zone D mean?
FEMA defines Zone D as an area with possible but undetermined flood hazards, where no flood hazard analysis has been done. It is not the same as a high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area, but lenders and insurers may ask about it, so check the specific parcel.
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