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The Antelope Valley sits in the northeastern corner of Los Angeles County, in the western Mojave Desert, about 70 to 80 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. It is high desert country, with wide open land, big skies, and a dry climate. The valley is one of the country’s leading centers for aerospace work, and it anchors the southern end of the route Country Real Estate serves, from Bakersfield to Tehachapi and the Antelope Valley.
Homes for sale across the Antelope Valley
Economy and jobs
Two anchors shape the region. Edwards Air Force Base, home to the Air Force Test Center, the Air Force Test Pilot School, and NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, is the area’s largest employer. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale is the second largest, where contractors such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and Northrop Grumman build and test aircraft. Solar energy is part of the local economy too, and Lancaster reports the highest solar production per capita in California. Health care, manufacturing, and retail round out the job base.
Lifestyle and housing
People come to the Antelope Valley for space and value. Housing costs less here than across much of the Los Angeles basin, and lots tend to run larger. Many residents work in aerospace, defense, health care, or manufacturing. Others commute toward greater Los Angeles using State Route 14 and the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, which runs from Lancaster to Union Station. The high desert brings hot, dry summers and cool winters.
The cities and the corridor
Lancaster and Palmdale are the valley’s two main cities, each with established neighborhoods, newer subdivisions, and larger lot properties on the edges. Rosamond sits just north in Kern County and draws buyers who want a smaller, quieter community. State Route 58 links the high desert through Tehachapi Pass to the Central Valley, so buyers often move between the Antelope Valley, Tehachapi, and Bakersfield as work, family, and budget shift.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Antelope Valley?
It is in the northeastern part of Los Angeles County, in the western Mojave Desert, about 70 to 80 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Rosamond sits just north in Kern County.
What drives the local economy?
Aerospace and defense lead, anchored by Edwards Air Force Base and Air Force Plant 42. Solar energy, health care, and manufacturing also play large roles.
Can I commute to Los Angeles from here?
Yes. Many residents drive State Route 14 or ride the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, which connects Lancaster to downtown Los Angeles.
Areas in the Antelope Valley and High Desert
Lancaster
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert, about 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles and one of the valley’s two main cities. Aerospace anchors its economy, and housing runs from established neighborhoods near the city center to newer subdivisions and larger-lot properties on the outskirts.
Palmdale
Palmdale sits in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley, and serves as the valley’s southern gateway city along State Route 14, closely tied to aerospace through Air Force Plant 42. Housing runs from established neighborhoods to newer master-planned subdivisions, with single-family homes leading the way and larger lots toward the edges of the city.
Rosamond
Rosamond is an unincorporated community in Kern County, just north of the Los Angeles County line, in the high desert of the Mojave near Edwards Air Force Base, serving largely as a residential community for aerospace workers and commuters. It draws buyers who want a smaller, quieter community with room to breathe, with single-family homes and larger-lot, rural-style properties.
Quartz Hill
Quartz Hill is an unincorporated community in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley at the western edge of the Mojave Desert, next to Lancaster and sharing borders with both Lancaster and Palmdale. Homes are mostly single-family, a mix of established neighborhoods and newer construction, with some larger lots from its farming roots — the town once grew almonds, alfalfa, and turkeys, a heritage kept alive by the Almond Blossom Festival, first held in 1950.
Lake Los Angeles
Lake Los Angeles sits in the eastern Antelope Valley, southeast of Palmdale, named for a lake that no longer holds water and known today for wide-open desert, big skies, and room to breathe. Buyers come for space and value: lots run large, horse property is common, and prices tend to sit below the valley’s bigger cities.
Littlerock
Littlerock is a small community in the Antelope Valley, southeast of Palmdale along Pearblossom Highway, best known for its orchards and roadside fruit stands, with peaches and apples that draw visitors each summer and fall. Housing leans rural and agricultural, with larger parcels and established trees, for buyers who want land, a slower rhythm, and a genuine country feel while staying close to Palmdale.
Acton
Acton is a foothill community in the southwest Antelope Valley, tucked into the Sierra Pelona Mountains between the valley floor and Santa Clarita, with higher elevation, oak-dotted hills, and open land giving it a distinct semi-rural character. It is horse country: homes often sit on larger lots with room for horses and outbuildings, and buyers come for country living with an easy commute to Los Angeles down the 14 freeway.
Agua Dulce
Agua Dulce is a rural community just west of Acton, known for Vasquez Rocks, horse ranches, and a growing set of vineyards — the name means “sweet water” — and it keeps a quiet, country-estate feel. Properties tend toward larger acreage, ranch homes, and equestrian setups, for buyers who want privacy and space close to Santa Clarita.
Leona Valley
Leona Valley is a scenic rural valley in the western Antelope Valley, west of Palmdale, where rolling hills, cherry orchards, and the line of the San Andreas Fault shape the landscape, and the u-pick cherry season is a local tradition. Housing is rural, with horse property, larger lots, and a tight-knit small-town feel, for buyers who want orchards, open space, and a real sense of community within a short drive of Palmdale.
Mojave
Mojave sits at the junction of Highway 58 and Highway 14 on the western edge of the Mojave Desert, about 20 minutes east of Tehachapi, and is home to the Mojave Air and Space Port. It offers some of the region’s most affordable housing — single-family homes at entry-level prices, manufactured homes, and land — drawing first-time buyers, Edwards Air Force Base and Air and Space Port workers, and investors.
California City
California City is the third-largest city in California by land area, located in the high desert northeast of Mojave, offering affordable homes, wide-open space, and proximity to Edwards Air Force Base and the borax mining operations at Boron. Residents get city services, parks, a golf course, and Central Park with its fishing lake, and the market mixes established neighborhoods near Central Park, newer construction, and large amounts of vacant land.