Advanced Search50 Active Adult Communities in California
Laguna Woods, CA
Below $100k–High $800s
12,736 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Lincoln, CA
High $100s–High $600s
6,783 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Walnut Creek, CA
Low $100s–High $1Ms
6,700 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Palm Desert, CA
High $100s–Low $1Ms
4,949 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Banning, CA
Mid $100s–High $400s
3,300 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Indio, CA
High $100s–Mid $800s
3,200 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Roseville, CA
Low $200s–High $600s
3,110 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Santa Rosa, CA
Mid $200s–High $800s
3,000 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
New and Resale Homes
Rio Vista, CA
High $100s–Mid $400s
3,000 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
The Villages Golf & Country Club
San Jose, CA
Mid $100s–High $800s
2,536 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Brentwood, CA
Low $200s–High $600s
2,013 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Beaumont, CA
Low $100s–Low $400s
1,923 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
New and Resale Homes
Mission Viejo, CA
Low $300s–High $500s
1,920 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Apple Valley, CA
Mid $100s–High $300s
1,700 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Nipomo, CA
Mid $400s–High $800s
1,671 Homes
No Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Oceanside, CA
High $200s–Mid $700s
1,632 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Oceanside, CA
Low $100s–Low $300s
1,600 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Murrieta, CA
Low $200s–Mid $300s
1,501 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Manteca, CA
Low $200s–High $300s
1,425 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
La Quinta, CA
Mid $200s–Low $1Ms
1,400 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Corona, CA
Mid $200s–Mid $500s
1,317 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Beaumont, CA
High $100s–High $300s
1,290 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Indio, CA
Mid $100s–Mid $400s
1,200 Homes
No Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
New and Resale Homes
Menifee, CA
High $100s–High $300s
1,154 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Hemet, CA
Low $200s–Mid $400s
1,106 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Brentwood, CA
Mid $500s–High $800s
1,100 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Indio, CA
High $100s–Low $600s
1,004 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Sacramento, CA
Mid $100s–Low $700s
965 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Mission Viejo, CA
Low $300s–Low $800s
900 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached
Resale Homes Only
Rocklin, CA
Mid $200s–Mid $500s
868 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Roseville, CA
Low $300s–High $400s
700 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Sacramento, CA
Mid $200s–Mid $300s
638 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Elk Grove, CA
Low $200s–High $300s
631 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Hemet, CA
High $100s–High $300s
573 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Bakersfield, CA
Mid $100s–Mid $200s
558 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Encinitas, CA
Low $200s–High $300s
548 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Attached
Resale Homes Only
Murrieta, CA
High $200s–High $400s
543 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Nipomo, CA
Mid $200s–Low $1Ms
540 Homes
No Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Bakersfield, CA
High $100s–Mid $200s
512 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Palm Springs, CA
Mid $200s–Mid $400s
477 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Four Seasons at El Dorado Hills
El Dorado Hills, CA
Mid $200s–High $600s
460 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Bakersfield, CA
Low $200s–Low $800s
404 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Palm Desert, CA
Mid $100s–Mid $200s
400 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Attached
New and Resale Homes
Arroyo Grande, CA
Mid $500s–Low $1Ms
375 Homes
No Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Cloverdale, CA
Mid $300s–Low $700s
350 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Redding, CA
Low $200s–High $300s
208 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
Resale Homes Only
Destinations at Vineyard Point
Sacramento, CA
Mid $100s–Mid $200s
177 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
Oceanside, CA
Mid $200s–Mid $300s
161 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Manufactured
Resale Homes Only
Oceanside, CA
Mid $300s–Mid $500s
150 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family, Attached, Condos
Resale Homes Only
Redding, CA
High $200s–Mid $300s
79 Homes
55+ Age Restriction
Single Family
New and Resale Homes
- Laguna Woods Village
- Sun City Lincoln Hills
- Rossmoor
- Sun City Palm Desert
- Sun Lakes Country Club
- Sun City Shadow Hills
- Sun City Roseville
- Oakmont Village
- Trilogy at Rio Vista
- The Villages Golf & Country Club
- Summerset
- Four Seasons at Beaumont
- Casta Del Sol
- Sun City Apple Valley
- Trilogy at Monarch Dunes
- Ocean Hills Country Club
- Oceana
- The Colony
- Woodbridge
- Trilogy at La Quinta
- Trilogy at Glen Ivy
- Solera at Oak Valley Greens
- Terra Lago
- Ryland Oasis
- Four Seasons at Hemet
- Trilogy at the Vineyards
- Heritage Palms
- Heritage Park
- Palmia
- Springfield at Whitney Oaks
- The Club
- Four Seasons at Westshore
- Glenbrooke
- Solera Diamond Valley
- Solera at Kern Canyon
- High Country Villas
- Four Seasons at Murrieta
- Blacklake
- Four Seasons at Bakersfield
- Four Seasons at Palm Springs
- Four Seasons at El Dorado Hills
- The Greens at Seven Oaks
- Villa Portofino
- Cypress Ridge
- Clover Springs
- The Vineyard
- Destinations at Vineyard Point
- Emerald Lake Village
- Villa Trieste
- Tuscany Villas
California is one of the most popular retirement states in the country. With a climate that is diverse as the people, California has long been a favorite among retirees. California is a smorgasbord of retirement living options offering just about every type of climate and lifestyle options imaginable. For retirees seeking 55+ active adult retirement communities in California, the choices are endless.
Retirees in California can choose from the warm beaches of San Diego to the cool escapes of the Sierra Nevada. Golf lovers will feel right at home with the heat in Palm Springs; whereas, those looking for a more cool, tempered climate might find their retirement paradise in northern California where temperatures rarely climb out of the 60s and almost never drop below freezing.
There are more than 50 active adult communities in California that offer amenity filled clubhouses, golf courses and organized social activities. Additionally there are several dozen smaller-scale 55+ age-restricted communities in California that offer low maintenance adult living without the amenities and lifestyle options. Despite the notion that California retirement communities are unaffordable for average Americans it should be noted that many of the best California active adult retirement communities are very affordable. 
Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley have long been a mecca for golf retirement communities in California. Del Webb was first to build an active adult community here with the popular Sun City Palm Desert and now they are building the newer Sun City Shadow Hills. But Del Webb isn't the only California 55-plus active retirement community builder in the Coachella Valley. Other desirable active adult communities include Trilogy at La Quinta, Four Seasons at Palm Springs and Terra Lago are popular here as well.
For California active retirement buyers who want a southern California active adult retirement community closer to the ocean, the Inland Empire is a great option. The Inland Empire region runs from Murrieta north to Apple Valley between the greater Los Angeles metro area and Orange County to the west and Palm Springs/Coachella Valley to the east.
It includes cities such as Murrieta, Hemet, Banning, Riverside, San Bernardino and Corona. Prices here are slightly higher than in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley but considerably lower than Orange County or the San Diego area. Buyers who want a southern California active adult community in the Inland Empire should check out Sun Lakes Country Club, Four Seasons Beaumont, Sun City Apple Valley, The Colony, Trilogy at Glen Ivy, Solera at Oak Valley Greens, Ryland Oasis, Four Seasons at Hemet, Solera Diamond Valley or Four Seasons at Murrieta.
Of course, one of the most desirable retirement destinations in the country is the San Diego area due to its nearly perfect climate. Homebuyers who want a California retirement community near San Diego will have to be willing to spend more money for an older unit. The active adult communities near San Diego are beautiful but tend to offer fewer amenities and older homes than other California active retirement communities. If you want a 55+ community near San Diego check out Ocean Hills Country Club, Oceana, High Country Villas, Emerald Lake Village or Villa Trieste.
Closer to Los Angeles, CA are some of the popular active adult communities in Orange County including Laguna Woods Village (formerly known as Leisure World), which is the largest 55 and over active retirement community in California. Other smaller options in Orange County include Casta Del Sol, Palmia and San Juan Hills.
If you want to be north of Los Angeles check out some of the great options in Central California such as Trilogy at Monarch Dunes along the Central Coast or further inland near Bakersfield, which offers Solera at Kern Canyon, The Greens at Seven Oaks and Four Seasons at Bakersfield.
Northern California does not offer as many active adult communities as California's southern region but the options are very desirable. The most popular active retirement communities in Northern California are located around Sacramento. Del Webb has built several communities here including Sun City Lincoln Hills, Sun City Roseville, The Club and Glenbrooke. In addition to these Del Webb communities there are other desirable 55+ active retirement communities near Sacramento like Springfield at Whitney Oaks, Heritage Park, Four Seasons at Westshore, Four Seasons at El Dorado and Heritage at Lakeside.
Closer to the Bay Area there are several active adult communities near Brentwood and Manteca such as Woodbridge by Del Webb, Summerset, Trilogy at the Vineyards and Trilogy at Rio Vista. South of the Bay is The Villages Golf and Country Club in San Jose. Or, if you prefer a California active retirement community north of the Bay area check out Oakmont, Brooks Creek or Clover Springs in the Santa Rosa area.
