Santa Cruz County Homes and Information

Santa Cruz County is located on the California coast at the north end of the Monterey Bay. It is approximately 65 miles south of San Francisco, 42 miles south of San Jose and only 35 miles from Silicon Valley. Its largest city, Santa Cruz, is just 33 miles (approximately 47 minutes) from San Jose International Airport (SJC). Santa Cruz County is home to about a quarter of a million people.

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The cities of Santa Cruz County all have their own unique features and lifestyles; some are further distinguished by unique neighborhood communities. On the right sidebar, click the city, or neighborhood, name to find Santa Cruz County homes for sale in that area and more information about that area.

     Aptos and its beach communities:

          Rio Del Mar / Seascape

          Seacliff

          La Selva Beach

     Capitola and its neighborhoods:

          Depot Hill

          Jewel Box

          Riverview Terrace

          Capitola Village

          Upper Village

     City of Santa Cruz

     Scotts Valley

     Soquel

Santa Cruz County is known not only for its lovely beaches and lush redwod forests, but for the University of California Santa Cruz, a lively arts and cultural center, and home to many technology and green energy companies.

Santa Cruz County Homes Marina

The Santa Cruz Marina and boat harbor offers sailors, power boaters, and fishermen easy access to the Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean from Santa Cruz County

Only a short distance from the major metropolitan centers of San Francisco and San Jose, Santa Cruz County is a perfect place to live and enjoy its natural amenities from the Monterey Bay and the Califronia coast to the wineries and natural beauty of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Whether you are looking for a vibrant community, a vacation home, a mountain retreat, or an ocean view home, Santa Cruz County is the place to find them all.

Santa Cruz attracts visitors and tourists from all over the world.  Many find so much here they return again and again.

Count yourself among the lucky one who can claim one of these Santa Cruz County homes as your own!