Buying a Home in Santa Clarita, California

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Santa Clarita is located in Los Angeles County

Population: 167,954

Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located about 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies most of the Santa Clarita Valley. It is a notable example of a U.S. edge city or boomburb. The FBI rates it as the sixth safest city in the United States with at least 100,000 inhabitants. (Nearby Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, traditionally alternate between the first and second spots on the list.) Santa Clarita is ranked as one of the top 100 places to live by Money.

Santa Clarita's most notable attractions are the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park located just outside the city limits in unincorporated Los Angeles County, and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), located in Valencia.

Santa Clarita schools have been honored five times with national Blue Ribbon Honors, and 26 times with California Distinguished School Honors. Santa Clarita has a highly educated population with over 55% of its adult residents having attended college.

Santa Clarita enjoys a mild Southern California Mediterranean climate. Summers: Dry and warm in the 75° to 100°F range Winters: Temperate and semi-moist in the 40° to 65°F range Precipitation: 15 to 18 inches, which is primarily between November and March

Parks and Recreation
The City of Santa Clarita's leadership has placed a priority on offering recreational facilities and programs since incorporation. Many youth-friendly activities and diversions exist in order to steer the city's children away from crime and gang activity. The city has established many neighborhood parks and maintains a comprehensive recreation program. There is a recreation center in Canyon Country that includes an aquatic park with wading, diving, and Olympic swimming pools along with a bicycle/skate park, community swimming pools in both Newhall and Canyon Country and a community center in downtown Newhall. The city's largest park is located in Saugus and is known as Central Park. There are currently a total of seventeen parks scattered in various neighborhoods throughout the city. Many have lighted tennis and basketball courts, baseball and soccer fields. There are over 3,000 acres of open space and 32 miles of off-street trails within its boundaries.

Over the past several years, the city has cosponsored a summer concert series offering a wide variety of music in cooperation with various local businesses. These concerts are free of charge and take place on weekends in Central Park. The city offers a wide variety of fee-based and free classes and programs in a variety of locations throughout the year. These programs are listed in the quarterly magazine Seasons which is delivered to all residences within the city limits via mail.

The Santa Clairta Marathon is held annually in November. The race was first run in 1995 and is now a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon.

There are several public and private golf courses in Santa Clarita. The city is also home to a public ice skating rink called the Ice Station.

Single Family Detached Home Median Price - $297,000 (Source: The Meyers Group)
Single Family Attached Home Median Price - $155,000 (Source: The Meyers Group)

Source: wikipedia.org