Close-knit, welcoming community in the Santa Maria Valley
Founded in 1906 during the height of oil production in the Santa Maria Valley, Orcutt has since grown into a coveted bedroom community 6 miles south of Santa Maria on U.S. Route 101. With well-regarded schools and a quiet suburban vibe, Orcutt is a welcoming community with many opportunities to get involved. “Orcutt residents are highly invested in giving back. There’s the Santa Maria Rotary Club, the Old Orcutt Merchants’ Association; they all do a lot of great work,” says Mason Frakes, an Orcutt resident and real estate agent with Champion Real Estate. “Growing Grounds is an awesome plant nursery that helps people with mental health disorders. It not only gets them working with their hands, but they get paid a wage, and it gives them a job for when they transition out of care.” Community members rally around local businesses, including restaurants like Cubanissimo Cuban Coffee House & Café, which started as a food truck before opening a brick-and-mortar location. The town’s location in the valley also puts locals near wineries and scenic hiking trails at Orcutt Hills.
You can call Orcutt your new home.
Ranch homes are common in Orcutt suburbs.
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Housing developments offering Spanish Revival-style homes
Home inventory includes midcentury ranch-style properties and split levels, with some featuring Spanish-style touches like barrel-tile roofs and others offering more minimal exterior designs. On the neighborhood’s southern end, 21st-century housing developments offer multi-story Spanish Revival-style properties with arched doorways and covered front porches. Buyers can expect a three-bedroom ranch-style to sell for between $500,000 and $800,000, while four-bedroom Spanish-style homes sell for $700,000 to $1 million. Townhome communities scattered throughout Orcutt offer three-bedroom units with attached two-car garages for between $400,000 and $600,000. Properties are set close together with compact front yards, native shrubbery and palm trees, lined with wide sidewalks, allowing residents to enjoy the weather with a stroll around the block.
Orcutt is small city at the foot of Santa Maria.
Locals are big fans of Spanish revival style homes.
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Hiking trails in the foothills of the Bald Mountains
Spanning 26 acres, Orcutt Community Park has baseball and soccer fields, picnic areas and an off-leash dog park. Hikers can head to Orcutt Hills to traverse 8 miles of sloping unpaved trails through grassy fields and oak forests. Locals can also visit the pocket playground at Hummel Park or play a pickup game at the park’s basketball court.
Orcutt has many great walking trails.
Orcutt has various types of housing developments to choose from.
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Local schools offering agricultural programs
For elementary and junior high, Orcutt is zoned for Orcutt Union School District, where students may attend Pine Grove Elementary, rated B by Niche, and the A-minus-rated Orcutt Junior High. Students may then graduate from the B-plus-rated Ernest Righetti High within the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, which houses a chapter of the Future Farmers of America program. “We have a really strong community of teachers that go above and beyond,” Frakes says.
Orcutt's Patterson Road Elementary School is home of the Panthers.
Orcutt Junior High has a growing campus.
Ernest Righetti High School is a reputable school in the area.
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Community events held on the Santa Maria Rodeo Grounds
Located just across U.S. 101, the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo Grounds hosts yearly community events, the biggest of which is the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and Parade in May. The four-day event consists of five different Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-sanctioned events and a parade featuring local officials and organizations. Other events held on the rodeo grounds include the Haunted Hills on Halloween and Christmas in the Country, a holiday light drive-thru experience every December.
Orcutt Park is a pretty pocket in the middle of a suburb.
Dog parents converse at dog parks in Orcutt.
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Connecting to the Central Coast on U.S. Route 101
Orcutt is connected to nearby towns by U.S. Route 101, including Santa Maria, 6 miles to the north and Los Alamos, 15 miles southeast. Santa Maria Regional Transit buses have several routes that pass through Orcutt, including Route 12X, which takes passengers to downtown Santa Maria and the Santa Maria Airport, both of which are about 3 miles away. Los Angeles International Airport is the nearest major flight hub, about 150 miles from Orcutt. The Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center is about 9 miles away.
Neighborhood eateries and wineries in the valley
A few small shopping centers can be found at the intersection of Clark Avenue and Bradley Road, anchored by Albertson's grocery store. Residents can start their next home project with supplies from the locally-owned Oak Knolls Hardware or browse the music selection at Paradise Records and Trading Post. Cubanissimo Cuban Coffee House & Café started as a food truck and is now a local favorite spot for Cuban food, while Orcutt Burgers serves classic American fare. Several wineries are set nearby in Santa Maria, including Presqu’ile Winery, about 6 miles from the center of town. More local shops and eateries can be found nearby in Old Town Orcutt.
On average, homes in Orcutt, CA sell after 29 days on the market compared to the national average of 49 days. The median sale price for homes in Orcutt, CA over the last 12 months is $715,000, down 2% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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