Overview
About Bandera Estates
Bandera Estates covers 10.2 acres in central Brea and holds 88 addresses across nine streets. East Paseo De Toner carries 45 of them, about half the community, with the rest spread over North Rogers Court, North Martin Court, North Blystone Court, North Bandera Way, North Taylor Court, East Gomes Way and North Virginia Way, most of them holding six or seven. The city's parcel layer records only four parcels beneath all of it, and the county parcel record classifies the housing as manufactured homes.
The City of Brea's housing record names Bandera Estates as one of the city's five mobile home parks, alongside Crestmont, Hollydale, Lake Park Brea and Rancho Brea. The zoning is R-3 across all 10.2 acres and the general plan carries 10.1 of them as High Density Residential. None of the boundary falls in an elevated fire class. Bandera Estates is a short walk from two Brea Olinda campuses: Laurel Elementary is 0.34 miles away with 434 students and Brea Junior High 0.37 miles with 921, and Brea Olinda High is 1.33 miles.
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How Bandera Estates was built
The flat ground in the middle of Brea was farmed before it was built on. Basque families who came in as sheep men from 1870 stayed on and put down wells, and those with reliable water planted walnuts and citrus, a living that held until about 1913. Oil overtook it. Drilling in the Brea-Olinda field began in 1896, the strike of 1898 brought the derricks, and the town that incorporated in 1917 lived on both at once, which is where the Chamber of Commerce slogan of the 1920s came from: oil, oranges and opportunity.
Housing was short from the beginning. In the first years of cityhood the Union Oil Company set aside several streets near the town center for a neighborhood of efficient tract houses for its workers, and the pattern of modest, closely spaced homes in central Brea starts there. Bandera Estates is a later answer to the same problem. It is one of the five mobile home parks the City of Brea's housing record names, alongside Crestmont, Hollydale, Lake Park Brea and Rancho Brea, and it holds eighty-eight addresses on ten acres.
By the Numbers
Bandera Estates by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Bandera Estates lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Bandera Estates
Bandera Estates sits inside Brea Olinda Unified with two campuses within half a mile. Laurel Elementary is 0.34 miles away and Brea Junior High 0.37 miles, with Brea Olinda High at 1.33 miles. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count. Attendance boundaries set the assignment, so confirm a specific address with the district.
9-12 · 1,676 students
9-12 · 41 students
7-8 · 921 students
K-6 · 649 students
K-6 · 544 students
K-6 · 504 students
K-6 · 498 students
K-6 · 460 students
K-6 · 434 students
K-6 · 13 students
FAQs
Common questions about Bandera Estates
What kind of housing is Bandera Estates?
A mobile home park. The City of Brea's housing record names it as one of the city's five, alongside Crestmont, Hollydale, Lake Park Brea and Rancho Brea, and the county parcel record classifies the housing inside the boundary as manufactured homes.
How big is it?
10.2 acres against the boundary the City of Brea publishes, with 88 addresses across nine streets and four parcels beneath all of it.
How is it laid out?
East Paseo De Toner carries 45 of the 88 addresses and eight short courts and ways carry the rest, most of them holding six or seven: Rogers, Martin, Blystone, Taylor, Bandera, Gomes and Virginia.
When was the ground subdivided?
Tract 79 was recorded in 1918 under surveyor O. E. Steward and Tract 239 in 1922 under Maude B. Sayles. The current layout follows a parcel map recorded in 1976 under surveyor Elmer Thomas Amon.
Which schools serve Bandera Estates?
Brea Olinda Unified. Laurel Elementary is 0.34 miles away with 434 students on the 2024-25 federal count, Brea Junior High is 0.37 miles with 921, and Brea Olinda High is 1.33 miles with 1,676. Confirm a specific address with the district.