Just east of Carmel and beyond the "fog line"� is Carmel Valley, a sun-soaked region nestled between lush green mountains. Ranch-style homes, vineyards, working ranches, horse properties, country clubs and luxury Carmel real estate are enhanced by the accessibility of numerous golf courses and wineries. The Mid-Valley Shopping Center and the Carmel Valley Village, with an assortment of quaint restaurants and shops, provide Valley residents with both essential and unique shopping needs. The picturesque Carmel River flows through the base of the Valley and alongside many Carmel Valley homes. Expansive Garland Ranch Regional Park straddles the river, stretching up into the nearby mountains. The Santa Lucia preserve, Tehama, a project developed by Clint Eastwood, offers spectacular home sites where owners have built exceptional custom homes, each with its own golf course. Other major and popular golf course communities with condominiums and single-family homes include Quail Meadows and Carmel Valley Ranch. Carmel Valley real estate also offers two premier senior condominium complexes, Del Mesa Carmel and Hacienda Carmel.
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Neighborhoods in Carmel Valley, CA
Get to know neighborhoods in Carmel Valley, ordered by the number of properties in the provider sample.
Robles Del Rio ↗
- Median asking price
- $975,000
- / sq ft
- —
- Active listings
- Not available
- properties in discovery sample
- 162
BNearby schools · estimated
6.5/10 · 4 schools
Hidden Hills ↗
- Median asking price
- $1,348,888
- / sq ft
- —
- Active listings
- Not available
- properties in discovery sample
- 49
—Nearby schools · estimated
Ratings not available
Sleepy Hollow ↗
- Median asking price
- $3,395,000
- / sq ft
- —
- Active listings
- Not available
- properties in discovery sample
- 17
BNearby schools · estimated
6.5/10 · 4 schools
Data as of . Listing snapshots from Redfin; nearby-school rating estimates.
About these neighborhood estimates
Prices and counts describe active listings returned by the provider, excluding coming-soon and nearby search results. They are asking prices, not sold prices, and may not include every home for sale.
Nearby-school grades are FastExpert estimates from the average available ratings of unique public schools returned for sampled neighborhood properties. A: 8–10; B: 6–under 8; C: 4–under 6; D: 2–under 4; F: 1–under 2. Unrated schools are excluded. Nearby schools may not be assigned to a specific address.
Photos show identified local landmarks. Five neighborhoods are shown, ordered by property count. Median asking price breaks a tie.