Newark Real Estate

In 1878 The Pacific Land Investment Company purchased land belonging to the Washington Township of Alameda County and subdivided to create the town of Newark. There were fewer than 100 residents. Newark was incorporated in 1955.

Wedgewood manufactured stoves in Newark from 1910’s to the 1940s. Peterbilt manufactured trucks from the early 1960s until the mid 1980s. In 1956 Trailmobile moved its manufacturing from Berkeley to Newark, but in 1975 moved to Charleston Illinois. The Newark Sun Microsystems site was purchased by BioMed Realty Trust and is now known as the Pacific Research Center.

Major employers in the city are: 1) Newark Unified School District, 2) Logitech, 3) WorldPac, 4) Full Bloom Baking Company, 5) Risk Management Solutions, 6) Smart Modular Technologies, 7) Morpho Detection, 8) Cargill Salt, 9) City of Newark, 10) Valassis (formerly ADVO)

Newark shows an exaggerated version of the tendency for demand to surpass supply early in the year then leveling off. For 2013, 2014, and 2015 most homes sold well over list price in the first quarter and then moved closer to list price for the rest of the year.

Newark Unified School District
5715 Musick Ave
Newark CA 94560
510-818-4103
Newark Unified School District Website