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Mountain View Real Estate & Neighborhood Guide
Mountain View covers about 12 square miles between Palo Alto, Los Altos and Sunnyvale, running from the Los Altos line north to the edge of San Francisco Bay, with Moffett Field's federal land on its northeast side. It began as a stagecoach stop around 1850, grew up around the railroad station after the line arrived in 1864, and incorporated on November 7, 1902, when the town covered only about 0.7 square mile around downtown. Most of today's city came later: the city's map shows more than 500 annexations, with about half of its land added in the 1950s and nearly 30% more in the 1960s. The housing mix runs from older blocks near Castro Street to single-family neighborhoods, townhome and condo complexes, and large apartment communities; the 2020 census counted 37,295 housing units.
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1709 Villa ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5 Baths 2,456 SqFt
Listed by Yao Hong Yang of Real Estate eBroker
433 Sylvan Ave 51, Mountain View, CA 94041
Multi-Family, Mobile Home 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,710 SqFt
Listed by Brian Smith of BOLD Realty Group
2483-2491 Whitney DR, Mountain View, CA 94043
Commercial 3 Beds 3 Baths 23,827 SqFt
Listed by Eric Katz of Magnify Real Estate
1920 Latham ST, Mountain View, CA 94040
Commercial 5 Beds 3.5 Baths 22,222 SqFt
Listed by Ray Rodriguez of Compass1762 Pilgrim AVE, Mountain View, CA 94040
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5.5 Baths 4,476 SqFt
Listed by Frances Ibay of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,1991 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
Vacant Land, Commercial 0.76 Acres Lot
Listed by Wesley Yu of Aspire Homes527 Walker DR, Mountain View, CA 94043
Commercial 3 Beds 2 Baths 11,618 SqFt
Listed by Jimmy Castellanos of Marcus & Millichap239 Easy ST, Mountain View, CA 94043
Commercial 3 Beds 2 Baths 9,971 SqFt
Listed by Jimmy Castellanos of Marcus & Millichap2134 Old Middlefield WAY, Mountain View, CA 94043
Commercial 11,595 SqFt
Listed by Joshua Johnson of Marcus & Millichap3377 Filomena CT, Mountain View, CA 94040
Single Family Home 5 Beds 3.5 Baths 3,023 SqFt
Listed by Sue Jarvis of Christie's International Real Estate Sereno711 Farley ST, Mountain View, CA 94043
Single Family Home 5 Beds 5 Baths 3,067 SqFt
Listed by Axis Elite Team of Aspire Homes966 Marilyn DR, Mountain View, CA 94040
Single Family Home 5 Beds 3 Baths 2,638 SqFt
Listed by Linda Wang of The Agency511 Walker DR, Mountain View, CA 94043
Commercial 6,048 SqFt
Listed by Jimmy Castellanos of Marcus & Millichap237 Hope ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Condo 3 Beds 3.5 Baths 2,022 SqFt
Listed by Sakura Harimoto of Keller Williams Thrive231 Hope ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Condo 3 Beds 3.5 Baths 2,021 SqFt
Listed by Sakura Harimoto of Keller Williams Thrive220 Loreto ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Multi-Family 9 Beds 5 Baths 3,744 SqFt
Listed by Joel Hopman of Newmark Cornish & Carey409 Church ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Single Family Home 4 Beds 3 Baths 2,414 SqFt
Listed by Dave Keefe Team of Action Properties Inc227 Hope ST, Mountain View, CA 94041
Condo 3 Beds 3.5 Baths 2,166 SqFt
Listed by Sakura Harimoto of Keller Williams Thrive1544 Todd ST, Mountain View, CA 94040
Single Family Home 3 Beds 2 Baths 1,500 SqFt
Listed by Omar Ruano of Coldwell Banker Realty918 San Rafael AVE, Mountain View, CA 94043
Single Family Home 3 Beds 3 Baths 2,323 SqFt
Listed by Colleen Marchbank of Compass
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Mountain View
Mountain View Real Estate & Homes for Sale
Living in Mountain View
Mountain View is at the center of Silicon Valley, home to Google's headquarters and roughly 82,000 residents (2020 census). Incorporated in 1902, the city pairs a downtown on Castro Street with established neighborhoods, parks, two Caltrain stations and VTA light rail.
Mountain View Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods include historic Old Mountain View near Castro Street, Cuesta Park, Waverly Park, Monta Loma, Rex Manor, Shoreline West, and North Whisman. Mountain View offers single-family homes, Eichlers in areas such as Monta Loma, and a large selection of townhomes and condominiums.
Schools
Most of Mountain View is served by the Mountain View Whisman School District for elementary and middle school and the Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District, which includes Mountain View High School and Los Altos High School. Some areas are served by the Los Altos School District. Confirm boundaries for a specific home before you buy.
Downtown & Lifestyle
Castro Street is Mountain View's dining and entertainment hub, with dozens of restaurants, cafés, and shops, plus the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and a weekly farmers market. Nearby are Shoreline Park, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Cuesta Park, Rengstorff Park, and the Computer History Museum.
Commute
The downtown Mountain View Transit Center is served by Caltrain and VTA light rail, and the city is bordered by Highways 101, 85 and 237, with Central Expressway and El Camino Real running through town.
Buying or Selling in Mountain View
From Castro Street condos to Eichlers in Monta Loma, the Boyenga Team / Compass works across Mountain View. Call Eric & Janelle Boyenga at (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or send us a message below.
Listings
- 1/38 38
3 Beds 3 Baths 23,827 SqFt$15,250,000New - 1/35 35
5 Beds 3.5 Baths 22,222 SqFt$8,800,000Active - 1/32 32
5 Beds 5.5 Baths 4,476 SqFt$6,595,000New1762 Pilgrim AVE, Mountain View, CA 94040
Listed by Frances Ibay of Thomas James Real Estate Services, Inc,
Single Family Home
neighborhoods
Mountain View neighborhoods
Mountain View's neighborhoods follow its annexation map. The 1902 town, about 0.7 square mile around downtown, holds the oldest blocks, in Old Mountain View and the streets around Castro Street. The city's annexation layer puts blocks in Rex Manor, Monta Loma, Cuesta Park, Blossom Valley, Gemello and North Whisman into annexations filed between 1950 and 1954, with Sylvan Park following in 1959 and Waverly Park in 1963. Condominium and townhouse complexes from the 1970s, like the ones near Moffett Boulevard in Willowgate, came next. Since the 1990s the city has planned whole neighborhoods around transit: The Crossings at San Antonio Caltrain (planned in 1991) and Whisman Station at the Whisman light rail stop (approved in 1997), and now the East Whisman, North Bayshore and San Antonio precise plans, which are adding apartment and mixed-use districts.
Old Mountain View
The railroad-era town around Castro Street: Victorians, Craftsman and Spanish Revival bungalows, postwar houses and apartments between El Camino Real, Shoreline Boulevard, Central Expressway and Highway 85.
Downtown Mountain View
Castro Street and the blocks around it, from Evelyn Avenue and the train station to El Camino Real: a car-free restaurant row, the Civic Center, and apartments, condos and townhomes above and behind the shops.
Shoreline West
The old-town grid west of Shoreline Boulevard, from El Camino Real up to Villa Street: 1900s-1940s cottages, two-story rebuilds and 1950s-60s apartments, a short walk from downtown.
Willowgate
The wedge of townhouses, condos, apartments and single-family houses between Moffett Boulevard and Highway 85, across Central Expressway from Castro Street, with the Stevens Creek Trail on its east edge.
Rex Manor
A compact grid of small 1950-era houses between Farley and Burgoyne streets, from Central Expressway to Middlefield Road, with Stevenson Park and three school campuses at its edges.
Monta Loma
A 1950s mid-century neighborhood in north Mountain View where Eichler, Mackay and Mardell tracts meet, between San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway.
The Crossings
An 18-acre neighborhood of small-lot houses, row houses, townhouses and condos built on the former Old Mill Specialty Center site, planned around the San Antonio Caltrain station at its north end.
Gemello
A wedge of 1950s ranch homes on the southwest side of El Camino Real at the Los Altos line, named for the Gemello family winery that once stood on the boulevard.
Cuesta Park
A mostly 1950s neighborhood of ranch houses on 6,000-square-foot lots between El Camino Real, Grant Road, Cuesta Drive and Miramonte Avenue, named for the 25-acre city park across Cuesta Drive.
Blossom Valley
Former orchard land in southwest Mountain View, between Springer Road and Miramonte Avenue: 1950s ranch homes on large lots, Varsity Park, and the Los Altos city line on two sides.
Waverly Park
South Mountain View's larger-lot neighborhood between Grant Road and Highway 85: mostly 1950s to 1970s houses on R1-8 and R1-10 lots around Cooper Park, with Mountain View High at the south end.
Sylvan Park
Mountain View's southeast corner, boxed in by El Camino Real, Highways 85 and 237 and the Sunnyvale line: a 9-acre city park ringed by 1970s houses, 1960s duplexes, townhomes and two mobile home parks.
Slater
East-central Mountain View between Highway 85 and North Whisman Road, Central Expressway to Middlefield Road: 1950s-70s duplexes, condos and townhomes, newer townhome rows and Vargas Elementary.
North Whisman
The pocket north of Middlefield Road between Highway 85 and North Whisman Road, up to Highway 101: a 1954 single-family tract, 1950s-70s duplexes, condos and townhomes, and two creekside trails.
Whisman Station
A late-1990s planned community of detached homes and townhouses built around the Whisman light rail stop, on a former GTE defense-electronics campus east of Whisman Road.
schools
Mountain View public schools
Elementary and middle
- Mountain View Whisman School District. Serves TK-8 for most Mountain View addresses, including downtown, the northern neighborhoods and most of the south side.
- Los Altos School District. Serves parts of southwest Mountain View, including the area around Springer Elementary (1120 Rose Avenue, in Mountain View), and The Crossings by San Antonio Caltrain. LASD owns an 11.65-acre site in San Antonio Center for a future school, which may change attendance areas when it opens.
High school
- Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Serves Mountain View through Mountain View High and Los Altos High (the comprehensive high school depends on the address), plus Alta Vista High and an adult education center at 333 Moffett Boulevard.
property nerd note
Mountain View is split between two elementary districts, and the line does not follow neighborhood names. For any address, check the district first (the Los Altos School District has an online school locator), then the assigned schools with each district, including the high school district. Boundaries change, so confirm before you write an offer, not after. Start with our Silicon Valley schools guide.
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Mountain View ZIP codes
Central Mountain View: downtown, Old Mountain View and the blocks south of Central Expressway, Shoreline West, and east toward Sylvan Park.
The south and west sides: Cuesta Park, Waverly Park, Blossom Valley, Gemello, Martens-Carmelita, Cuernavaca and The Crossings, plus the El Camino Real and San Antonio Road areas.
North of Central Expressway and the tracks: Willowgate, Rex Manor, most of Monta Loma, Slater, North Whisman, Whisman Station and North Bayshore up to Shoreline.
RECENTLY SOLD LISTINGS
$940,000
Condo
938 Clark 49, Mountain View, CA 94040
Completely remodeled with approximately $120,000 in upgrades, this desirable first-floor end unit at 938 Clark Avenue of...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
$940,000
Condo
938 Clark 49, Mountain View, CA 94040
Completely remodeled with approximately $120,000 in upgrades, this desirable first-floor end unit at 938 Clark Avenue of...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
$3,000,000
Single Family Home
944 Trophy DR, Mountain View, CA 94040
Stunning and rare Eichler gallery model served as one of the original showcase homes for the Bell Meadows development. T...
Listed by Boyenga Team of Compass
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getting around
Getting around Mountain View
Caltrain
Two stations. Mountain View station at 600 West Evelyn Avenue, at the downtown Transit Center, is served by Local, Limited and Express trains and has 338 parking spaces. San Antonio station at 190 Showers Drive, opened in 1999, is served by Local and Limited trains.
Light rail, buses and shuttles
VTA's Orange Line starts at the downtown Transit Center (light rail opened there in December 1999) and stops at Whisman, Middlefield and Bayshore/NASA before continuing east into Sunnyvale. VTA buses, the Mountain View Community Shuttle and the MVgo commuter shuttle to North Bayshore and East Whisman connect at the Transit Center, and several also stop at San Antonio Center.
Freeways and expressways
US 101 crosses the north side of the city, Highway 85 runs north-south through the middle to meet 101, and Highway 237 heads east toward Milpitas. Central Expressway parallels the Caltrain tracks across the city, and El Camino Real (State Route 82) crosses its southern half.
Trails and bikes
The Stevens Creek Trail runs north-south through the city to Shoreline and the Bay Trail, with an extension from Dale/Heatherstone Way to West Remington Drive in design. The Permanente Creek Trail and the 0.64-mile Hetch Hetchy Trail add more car-free links, and protected and buffered bike lanes for Middlefield Road and Moffett Boulevard are in design.
living here
Living in Mountain View
Parks
The city system counts 46 parks (37 city parks plus nine school fields the city maintains), two trail corridors, two aquatics complexes and community, senior and teen centers. Rengstorff Park (22.63 acres) has the aquatics center and the Magical Bridge Playground, and Cuesta Park with its annex covers 37.81 acres.
Downtown and Castro Street
Castro Street is the downtown spine, with part of it run by the city as the Castro Pedestrian Mall and the Caltrain and light rail Transit Center at its north end. Across Central Expressway, Castro becomes Moffett Boulevard, where the 1934 Mountain View Adobe still hosts events.
Shoreline at Mountain View
More than 750 acres of wildlife refuge and recreation land, much of it on a closed landfill, with Shoreline Golf Links, Shoreline Sailing Lake, the historic Rengstorff House, a kite-flying area, a dog park, athletic fields and trails, plus access to the Bay Trail and Shoreline Amphitheatre.
Library
The Mountain View Public Library's central building, completed in 1997, sits on the downtown civic plaza with City Hall and the performing arts center.
Performing arts
The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts opened in 1991 as part of the City Hall complex on the downtown plaza and is run by the city's Performing Arts division.
Trails and open space
Besides the creek trails, the city maintains the Charleston Retention Basin in North Bayshore, 13.86 acres with a 1.11-mile walking loop, and its trails on Vista Slope and Crittenden Hill at Shoreline.
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faq
Mountain View real estate FAQ
What ZIP codes does Mountain View use?
Most homes are in 94040 (south and west), 94041 (downtown and central) or 94043 (north of Central Expressway). A few other ZIP codes appear on special addresses and federal land.
Which school districts serve Mountain View?
Mountain View Whisman School District covers TK-8 for most of the city, the Los Altos School District serves parts of the southwest side and The Crossings, and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District covers high school. Check every address with the districts, since boundaries change.
How many Caltrain stations does Mountain View have?
Two: Mountain View station downtown, where Local, Limited and Express trains stop and VTA light rail begins, and San Antonio station by The Crossings, served by Local and Limited trains.
When were most Mountain View neighborhoods added to the city?
The 1902 town was about 0.7 square mile. About half of today's land was annexed in the 1950s and nearly 30% in the 1960s, through hundreds of small annexations, so many single-family neighborhoods sit on land that joined the city in the 1950s and early 1960s.
What is a precise plan, and why does it matter?
Many Mountain View areas are zoned under precise plans with their own rules instead of standard districts, such as the Downtown, San Antonio, San Antonio Station and East Whisman plans. Before you plan an addition, an ADU or a rebuild, check which plan or zoning district covers the parcel.
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