Clark Gable Estates is a roughly 926-home neighborhood built on the actor Clark Gable’s former 20-acre ranch, with streets named Tara Drive and Ashley Oaks after his most famous film.
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Gable bought the 20-acre ranch with his wife Carole Lombard in 1940; it was subdivided in the 1980s into the housing tract now known as Clark Gable Estates, with each home sitting on roughly a half-acre lot carved from the original property (source: neighborhood market reporting). Home sizes range from about 710 to 26,489 square feet, averaging around 3,493 square feet, with a typical property offering four bedrooms and three bathrooms (source: Redfin).
As of mid-June 2026, Encino citywide has a median sale price around $1,460,000, up 2.9% year over year, or about $669 per square foot (down slightly, -0.22%, year over year), with a median list price around $1,950,000, or about $733 per square foot. About 286 homes were on the market with 42 recently sold, homes typically going pending in around 62 days at about 98.8% of list price, buyers averaging roughly one offer per home, and a typical down payment around 40.6% (source: Redfin). Clark Gable Estates’ half-acre lots and larger-than-average homes generally place it above the citywide median. [INSERT: confirm current active listing prices for Clark Gable Estates specifically]
Homes in this area of Encino offer a combination of architectural character, established landscaping, and strong community identity that attracts buyers looking for something beyond a generic suburban tract. While the broader Encino market provides a range of options, this particular pocket has its own micro-market dynamics — often with faster absorption times and tighter inventory than comparable addresses across town.
gated communities south of Ventura typically carry HOA dues covering private road maintenance and security Buyers who prioritize privacy, outdoor space, and a neighbors-who-wave culture consistently point to neighborhoods like this one as undervalued relative to the broader San Fernando Valley market.
The homes in this area range from post-war single-family residences to updated modern builds, with many properties undergoing significant renovations over the past decade. Lot sizes are competitive for Los Angeles County standards. Most homes feature private outdoor space, attached garages, and mid-century design cues that have become increasingly sought-after in Southern California real estate.
Buyers with specific taste — whether for Spanish Colonial, Craftsman, or Contemporary — will find homes here that meet that brief. The range of price points within the community also means that entry-level buyers and move-up buyers often shop the same streets, which keeps demand diversified across market cycles.
This area of Encino has tracked alongside or above the broader San Fernando Valley appreciation curve over the past several years. Rental demand is also strong — single-family homes in Encino attract quality long-term tenants, making buy-and-hold strategies viable even with current interest rate environments. The Knight Group tracks off-market opportunities in this area specifically because they rarely generate open-offer situations and tend to close with less friction than listed properties.
Clark Gable Estates carries the name of the Golden Age Hollywood actor who lived in the Encino hills during the height of his career — a legacy that reflects the broader history of Encino as a preferred residential address for the entertainment industry’s upper tier, from the 1930s estate era through the contemporary entertainment executive market. The neighborhood’s residential character is the upper-SFV hillside estate tier: larger lots, view positions, and the architectural diversity that comes from decades of individual estate construction replacing the original ranch stock with Mediterranean, contemporary, and transitional designs that the SFV luxury market favors. The streets of Clark Gable Estates climb above Ventura Boulevard into the first hillside tier, delivering the valley and mountain views that the flat SFV grid cannot provide and creating the sense of elevation and privacy that the estate buyer specifically seeks. The Encino Hills area’s trail access connects to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy’s network — the hiking and mountain biking that the hillside Encino buyer values as the year-round recreation infrastructure that the proximity to the mountain front provides.
Encino has maintained its appeal to the entertainment industry professional for nearly a century — a consistency that reflects the SFV’s geographic position between the studio employment centers of Burbank (Warner Bros., Disney, NBCUniversal) and the Westside (Sony, Netflix’s Culver City campus, the Sunset Strip management and agency offices). Clark Gable Estates and the surrounding hillside Encino neighborhoods attract the production professional, the A-list actor seeking relative anonymity in the hills, and the entertainment executive who values the privacy that the hillside compound provides alongside the sub-30-minute commute to both the Valley studios and the Westside offices via Mulholland Drive or Coldwater Canyon. This entertainment industry demand overlay creates the resilient luxury market that the hillside Encino neighborhoods sustain through the economic cycles that less employment-anchor-adjacent luxury markets navigate more volatilely.
The Clark Gable name commands a premium within the Encino hillside market that transcends the physical attributes of any specific property — the Hollywood Golden Age association, the celebrity estate heritage, and the community’s continuing entertainment industry residential identity create the name recognition that sustains the Clark Gable Estates premium relative to the equivalent hillside square footage in Tarzana or Woodland Hills. For the buyer who is investing in the Encino hillside market at the $2.5M-$5M tier, the Clark Gable Estates address provides the legacy positioning that the entertainment industry professional values as both the residential lifestyle and the social identity expression that the SFV hillside address at this tier enables. The community’s ongoing entertainment industry resident base — the current-generation actors, directors, and entertainment executives who have chosen Clark Gable Estates as their SFV residential address — sustains the community identity that the Golden Age celebrity heritage established and that the contemporary entertainment professional community has carried forward as the living testament to the Encino hills’ enduring appeal to the entertainment industry’s residential market.
Encino overall carries wildfire exposure tied to the Santa Monica Mountains foothills, with roughly 175 properties citywide flagged as having some wildfire risk over the next 30 years (source: Redfin climate data). [INSERT: confirmed fire hazard severity zone designation for this address]
Like the rest of the San Fernando Valley, Encino runs hotter and drier in summer than areas on the Los Angeles basin side of the hills, with wide swings between warm afternoons and cooler evenings, and milder, occasionally rainy winters (source: Redfin climate data)
Clark Gable Estates is considered a walkable pocket of Encino, within reach of Ventura Boulevard’s restaurants and shops, with the US-101 (Ventura Freeway) a short drive away (source: neighborhood market reporting). [INSERT: confirmed drive times from this address to Ventura Boulevard and the 101 on-ramp]
Clark Gable Estates falls within the Los Angeles Unified School District. [INSERT: confirm elementary, middle, and high school assignments for this address]
Encino is part of the City of Los Angeles and is served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) serves this area. Within the neighborhood’s draw zone, families typically access Encino Charter Elementary, Portola Middle, and Taft High. LAUSD and private school options are also available for families pursuing specialized programs in math, arts, or bilingual education. The availability of strong public schools at multiple grade levels is a consistent driver of demand in this area.
Residents commute primarily via Ventura Blvd, the 101 Freeway, and the 405, with typical drive times of 20–45 minutes to Century City, Westwood, and Burbank. For buyers who prioritize non-freeway alternatives, local surface streets and rideshare coverage are solid. Remote work has reduced the commute calculus for many buyers in this market, but access to major employment corridors still factors into pricing at the neighborhood level.
Day-to-day conveniences are handled by Ventura Blvd’s restaurant row and the Encino Town Center. Grocery options, pharmacies, fitness studios, and coffee shops are accessible without significant driving. The mix of national brands and local independents gives the area a lived-in feel that distinguishes it from purely commercial suburban centers.
Outdoor recreation centers on Balboa Park, the LA River Greenway, and the Santa Monica Mountains. Year-round outdoor activity is the norm in Southern California, and this neighborhood’s access to trails, parks, and recreational facilities is a meaningful part of the value proposition for active buyers. Nearby options expand the range further for buyers who prioritize specific activities like cycling, hiking, or swimming.
As of mid-June 2026, Encino citywide has a median sale price around $1,460,000, up 2.9% year over year, or about $669 per square foot (down slightly, -0.22%, year over year), with a median list price around $1,950,000, or about $733 per square foot. About 286 homes were on the market with 42 recently sold, homes typically going pending in around 62 days at about 98.8% of list price, buyers averaging roughly one offer per home, and a typical down payment around 40.6% (source: Redfin). Clark Gable Estates’ larger homes on half-acre lots (averaging about 3,493 square feet) generally price above the citywide median. [INSERT: confirm current median list price for Clark Gable Estates specifically]
With about 926 total residences, Clark Gable Estates is one of the larger named neighborhoods in Encino. [INSERT: confirmed current active listing count for Clark Gable Estates specifically]
Citywide, Encino’s median sale price is up 2.9% year over year even as price per square foot has slipped slightly, suggesting larger or more updated homes are driving recent sales (source: Redfin). Clark Gable Estates’ larger lot sizes and wide range of home sizes (up to 26,489 square feet) fit that larger-home trend.
Within the broader Encino market, individual micro-neighborhoods trade at meaningfully different price points depending on elevation, lot size, and proximity to Ventura Boulevard. The south-of-the-boulevard flat grid trades at the entry tier for Encino ($1.1M-$1.8M for single-family), while the hillside estates north of Ventura and the gated communities along Mulholland command $2.5M-$6M+. Condo and townhome product concentrated near Ventura Boulevard in the village and condo-heavy zones typically ranges $550K-$900K, providing the most accessible Encino ownership entry point. Days on market in Encino run shorter than the broader SFV average for well-priced inventory — the Encino premium relative to neighboring Sherman Oaks and Tarzana is driven primarily by the LAUSD Encino Charter Elementary boundary and the larger lot sizes that the hillside neighborhoods provide. For investment buyers, the multi-unit and duplex market along the Ventura corridor offers gross yields of 4.0-4.5% with the long-term appreciation that the 101 Freeway access and the Westside employment proximity sustains.
The neighborhood was developed on actor Clark Gable’s former 20-acre ranch, purchased with his wife Carole Lombard in 1940 and subdivided into housing lots in the 1980s. Streets including Tara Drive and Ashley Oaks reference Gable’s film Gone with the Wind (source: neighborhood market reporting).
Home sizes range from about 710 to 26,489 square feet, averaging around 3,493 square feet, with each property sitting on roughly a half-acre lot (source: Redfin).
Encino’s citywide median sale price is around $1,460,000, or about $669 per square foot as of mid-June 2026 (source: Redfin). Clark Gable Estates’ larger half-acre-lot homes generally price above that median. [INSERT: confirm current active listings for Clark Gable Estates]
Yes. Nextdoor neighbors describe Clark Gable Estates as walkable, with residents citing nearby restaurants and a family-friendly atmosphere (source: neighborhood market reporting).
Competition varies significantly by price point and condition. Turnkey single-family homes in desirable pockets of Encino often attract multiple offers — particularly when listed under $1.1M. Fixer-uppers and properties with deferred maintenance see much softer competition. Working with an agent who has real-time visibility into days-on-market and offer-history data is critical to calibrating your bid strategy correctly.
Encino has demonstrated consistent appreciation over the past decade, supported by Encino’s Ventura Blvd adjacency and larger lots sustain pricing above surrounding Valley markets. While no market guarantees future returns, the fundamentals here — limited land supply, strong school performance, and proximity to employment — align with the characteristics that historically underpin sustained appreciation in Southern California. The Knight Group can provide a detailed appreciation analysis for specific streets or sub-neighborhoods on request.
A meaningful percentage of transactions in Encino — particularly in the upper price tiers — never hit the MLS. Sellers who want privacy, convenience, or to avoid the preparation costs of a listed sale often prefer a direct buyer introduction. The Knight Group maintains an active off-market network in Encino and can present qualified buyers to sellers before a property is listed. If your target property type is not available on-market, a conversation with our team about off-market options is worth having.
Encino contains multiple distinct micro-neighborhoods, each with its own character, price range, and amenity profile. The differences between a north-of-Ventura address and a south-of-Ventura address in this area, for example, can be meaningful in terms of pricing, lot size, and school assignment. The Knight Group provides neighborhood-level guidance — not just city-level — to ensure buyers understand exactly what they are buying into before making an offer.
Clark Gable Estates includes both gated private streets and open residential streets. The gated sections provide the additional privacy and security that the estate buyer prioritizes; the open streets maintain the neighborhood’s residential character while still delivering the hillside elevation and the view positions. Buyers should confirm the specific gate status for any property, as individual streets within the Clark Gable Estates geography vary in their access configuration.
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