Real estate in Manteca

Manteca neighborhoods tell the story of a town that started as farmland and kept growing. The city began as an agricultural community, and working farms and dairies are still part of the picture on its edges, even as new streets and subdivisions have filled in around them.

Inside the city, the housing runs from established subdivisions to age-restricted 55+ communities. Dutra Estates is one of the established neighborhoods, with homes about twenty years old, built in phases, in both single-story and two-story designs. Woodbridge by Del Webb and The Collective are the two 55+ communities. Each has its own clubhouse, and a second Del Webb community is being built a few miles away in Lathrop.

Dutra Estates sits on land bought from Tony Dutra, a Manteca dairyman who owned a lot of land here. The neighborhood has no homeowners association, though it does have CC&Rs, and two parks sit inside it. I know it well enough to tell you what's on the street and what's coming up for sale.

Woodbridge by Del Webb is a 55+ community, and its clubhouse is built around a clock tower at the entrance. It has an HOA and age rules, and buyers come from all around to look at it, some hunting for one particular floor plan.

The Collective is the other 55+ community in town, and its clubhouse looks out over a wide lawn and a flagpole. If you're thinking about moving into either one, I wrote about it on my downsizing in Manteca page.