Waverly Park

Waverly Park sits at the southern end of Mountain View, roughly between Cuesta Drive and Grant Road, backing up against the Los Altos city line. It is one of the quieter corners of the city, well away from the Google traffic in North Bayshore and the bustle of Castro Street, and it has one of the higher rates of owner occupancy in Mountain View. The people who live here tend to have been here a long time.

The housing is newer than in Mountain View’s postwar tracts, running from the 1960s through the early 2000s, with a steady stream of renovations and full rebuilds since. Floor plans are larger than the city average, typically three to five bedrooms with real yards, and a number of streets have been substantially rebuilt with custom homes. For anyone comparing Mountain View neighborhoods, this is the one where you are most likely to find a house that does not need work before it goes on the market.

The single most practical thing about this address, and the reason I bring it up with clients over seventy, is that El Camino Health’s Mountain View hospital campus sits on Grant Road at the edge of the neighborhood. That is the flagship hospital for this whole stretch of the Peninsula, and living minutes from an emergency room and a full set of specialists genuinely changes what aging in place looks like. It is not something buyers in their thirties think about and it is the first thing my clients ask.

Green space is good here. Cuesta Park is the big one, with mature trees, flat paths and tennis courts, and Cooper Park gives you something closer in. The Stevens Creek Trail is a few minutes away and provides paved, level walking that connects much of the city without street crossings.

Schools run through Mountain View Whisman School District for the elementary and middle grades, with Huff Elementary and Graham Middle commonly serving this area, and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District for high school. Because the Los Altos line runs close by, and Los Altos School District serves part of southern Mountain View, assignment here is worth confirming address by address rather than assuming, and it does affect price.

For getting around, Grant Road and El Camino Real carry most local traffic, Highway 85 is close, and Highway 101 is a straight run north. The Mountain View Caltrain station at the foot of Castro Street is roughly ten minutes away, which keeps San Francisco and the rest of the Peninsula reachable without driving the whole way.

On price, Mountain View ran a citywide median sale of about $1.8 million through the summer of 2026, up a little under three percent year over year, with a median of around 19 days to go into contract. Waverly Park consistently trades above that citywide figure, because the houses are larger and newer than the city average and because the Los Altos adjacency pulls its own premium. My Mountain View home prices page follows the trend, and the full Mountain View area guide covers the rest of the city.

A larger, newer house is easier to sell than an original 1950s tract home, but it also means more square footage to empty and more decisions about what comes with you. Between capital gains on decades of appreciation, what Proposition 19 now means for passing property to your children, and the practical logistics of a move, there is more to plan than most people expect. That planning is what I do with older adults and their families every week. Book a call with me for a straight conversation, or read about my selling process when you are ready.