Los Gatos California real estate includes a variety of neighborhoods, architecture, price points, and even micro climates.

With a mild subtropical climate, excellent schools throughout the town, charming architecture, and superb views of the hills and valley, there’s a lot to love about this quaint town!

Quick facts about Los Gatos California real estate

If you’re brand new to Silicon Valley, here are a few things to know about the town which was once called the Gem City of the Foothills:

the terrain varies from flat to hilly to stee, with many homes on or near to hills
there are 3 zip codes – 95030 (downtown and closest to downtown), 95032 (the rest of “in town” LG), and 95033 (the Los Gatos Mountains, most or all of which are not incorporated into the town, but have a LG mailing address)
there are 2 high school districts and 3 elementary school districts
the incorporated area encompasses about 10 square miles
the population is about 30,000 residents
in clear traffic, from downtown Los Gatos it’s about a 30 minute drive to the beach at Santa Cruz and a 30 minute drive to downtown San Jose
this is a highly expensive area, with houses often selling for $3 million and up

Websites for learning more about Los Gatos California real estate

The official website for the town’s government can be found here: https://losgatosca.gov/. From there you can learn about the library, parks, and much more.

Our Live in Los Gatos Blog includes loads of info on the town, the parks, events, and more. To learn about Los Gatos neighborhoods, please visit our neighborhoods page on our Live in Los Gatos blog. There you’ll find dozens of neighborhoods profiled with mapped boundaries in nearly all cases, info on home styles, price points, features, and sometimes also things that a home buyer may want to beware of. It’s the most comprehensive info on Los Gatos neighborhoods anywhere on the web!

Our YouTube channel with the Los Gatos neighborhoods playlist (see drive throughs of neighborhoods)

To learn about Los Gatos real estate market conditions, check out our monthly post, Los Gatos real estate market statistics and trends. We share updated multi year, month over month stats that are not published anywhere else, and also include dynamic content from Altos Research which updates automatically each week, and we refresh the closed monthly data from our RE Report subscription also.