No. 18: Monte Sereno, Calif.

San Jose MSA: Santa Clara County
Median home sale price: $1,700,205
Price change YOY: -9.4%
Population: 3,478
Median household income: $154,268

At the base of the Santa Cruz mountains between the City of Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos, Monte Sereno is know for its rural charm and wooded hillsides. Author John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath here.

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