Best Neighborhoods for Schools in Loomis, CA

Granite Dell is west Loomis's working spine rather than its postcard: a narrow band of Placer County where Taylor Road, Sierra College Boulevard and the Union Pacific tracks all converge within a few hundred yards. The name reaches back to the granite era, when stone quarried at Loomis station, midway between Penryn and Rocklin, shipped out in 1906 to build San Francisco's Hibernia Bank. ... See Full Page

Hunter Oaks spent two decades as Loomis's quietest name-brand subdivision, then Costco moved in next door. The 2024 warehouse at Sierra College Boulevard and Brace Road landed along this pocket's own western flank, which means some of the best-stocked garage fridges in Placer County are now a two-minute drive from the cul-de-sacs. ... See Full Page

Stonegate manages a split personality few corners of Loomis, CA even attempt: a tidy 1986 loop of single-story attached homes sharing a square mile with multi-acre spreads. The enclave that carries the name sits off Taylor Road, reached by way of Shawn Way and Tudor Road, with back rows opening onto open space along a seasonal creek. ... See Full Page

The southern stretch of Loomis, CA is the part of town that earns the horse-property reputation. Around the Barton and Brace Road corridors and down toward the Rocklin border, parcels run an acre and up on level ground under mature oaks, with barns, wash racks, and hay storage listed as standard equipment. ... See Full Page

The Estates label oversells it, and that is precisely the appeal. De Anza Estates is the far north end of Loomis, CA, out toward the Penryn line, where the housing runs to sensible 1980s single-story homes rather than gated compounds, with prices to match. ... See Full Page

The High Hand and Blue Goose fruit sheds still line the strip between Taylor Road and the Union Pacific tracks, and downtown Loomis, CA still behaves like the rail town Placer County grew up around. Taylor Road here is the old Highway 40 alignment, and the short commercial run is genuinely walkable, a rarity in this zip code. ... See Full Page

Ridgeview is the Loomis that shows up in daydreams about quitting the suburbs: roughly 440 acres of oak woodland and acre-plus parcels in the town's northwest, Placer County horse country where the lanes are named Lucky, Opal and Barker and not one of them has a sidewalk. ... See Full Page

No other corner of Loomis puts you this close to the morning bell. Del Oro High School's campus and stadium sit inside the neighborhood off Taylor Road, with Loomis Grammar School at the southwest corner, making this one of the rare spots in Placer County where a listing can say walk to school and mean it. ... See Full Page

Village Gardens is where Loomis, CA keeps its rare lower-priced housing: a pocket of mid-1980s attached homes and compact single-family houses east of the downtown core, most with two or three bedrooms under 1,300 square feet. ... See Full Page