Northridge price guide, 2026
How much does a fence cost in Northridge?
Real per foot fencing numbers, published up front instead of saved for a sales visit. Below is what each material costs around Northridge, plus the handful of things that push a quote up or pull it back down on these flat lots.
What each fence material costs
| Fence type | Per linear ft installed | 100 ft run | 150 ft run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain link | $18 to $40 | $1,800 to $4,000 | $2,700 to $6,000 |
| Wood privacy | $30 to $60 | $3,000 to $6,000 | $4,500 to $9,000 |
| Vinyl / PVC | $40 to $70 | $4,000 to $7,000 | $6,000 to $10,500 |
| Wrought iron | $50 to $120 | $5,000 to $12,000 | $7,500 to $18,000 |
Concrete-set posts, the pickets or panels, any gates and hardware falling inside the run, and the labor to put it all up are already inside those ranges. What you get in writing is measured against your own property line and priced on the material and gates you actually pick.
Where does your run land in that band?
Post setting is straightforward on these flat alluvial lots, so the figure above usually comes down to your footage and your gates. Somebody walks the Northridge line, sizes the footings for this soil, and leaves a fixed written price. No charge, no card.
Get my free estimateGates, pool barriers, and the rest
| Add-on | Typical installed |
|---|---|
| Walk gate | $350 to $1,200 each |
| Driveway gate (manual) | $2,000 to $8,000 and up |
| Automatic gate operator | add $1,500 to $5,000 |
| Pool safety fence (removable mesh) | $15 to $30 / linear ft |
| Pool safety fence (permanent metal) | $40 to $90 / linear ft |
| Tear-out and haul-off of the old fence | $3 to $10 / linear ft |
Gates swing a Northridge quote harder than anything else on that list, especially a driveway gate on one of the bigger lots north of Devonshire. Tell us the gate count and the footage and the number comes back exact.
What drives the price up or down in Northridge
- Flat lots keep the base low. The Northridge tracts are level, so there is no hillside stepping or slope premium. Post setting is straightforward, which is one reason a basic run here can come in at the friendly end of the range.
- Footing depth on alluvial soil. The ground here is soft, deep alluvial soil near the 1994 epicenter, and it moves. Sizing and compacting the footing properly is what keeps the fence plumb, and it is the local cost we will not cut.
- Heat-tolerant material. Choosing UV-stable vinyl or powder-coated steel over the cheapest product costs a little more up front and saves you replacing a sun-faded fence early.
- Pool barriers. A code pool fence is often its own line item, and a permanent metal barrier that doubles as the yard fence is a common Northridge add.
- Gates and how you open them. Out on the bigger lots north of Devonshire, a driveway gate with an operator on it is the one line that swings a quote the hardest.
- Taking out what is already there. Tear-out and haul-off cost real money, so they get their own line on the quote instead of being buried inside a per-foot rate.
Wood versus vinyl in Northridge
On day one wood is the cheaper of the two, roughly $30 to $60 per linear foot against $40 to $70 for vinyl, and cedar or redwood carries the warm natural look the ranch tracts were built around. Then the upkeep shows up. Wood wants a stain or seal every couple of years to get through the 95 to 105 degree summers, and pickets gray out or check along the way. Vinyl asks for more at install and nothing afterward: no paint, no fading in the heat, no argument with the sprinklers. That is why a long privacy run somebody would rather never think about tends to end up vinyl. Most Northridge tracts have no HOA, so the call is genuinely yours, and both sides get laid out on the estimate.
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How much does a fence cost per linear foot in Northridge?
Chain link comes in at $18 to $40 per linear foot installed, wood at $30 to $60, vinyl at $40 to $70, and wrought iron at $50 to $120. Short back-yard runs and chain link live at the bottom of that; ornamental iron and pool barriers live at the top. Northridge lots being flat, no slope premium gets tacked on, which leaves more of the budget free for solid footings.
How much does 150 feet of wood fence cost in Northridge?
Figure $4,500 to $9,000 installed for 150 linear feet of six foot wood privacy fence, with posts, panels, hardware, and labor inside that. Pulling out an old fence, stepping up to construction-heart redwood, adding gates, or sinking deeper footings into soft alluvial soil all push you toward the upper end.
Why can two Northridge fences cost different amounts?
The material is only part of it. On the flat tracts the ground is easy to work, so the real cost drivers here are the footing depth the soil calls for, the gates in the run, whether an old fence has to be demolished, and the material grade. A pool safety barrier and an automatic driveway gate are the two add-ons that move a quote the most.
Is there an HOA cost factor in Northridge?
For most of Northridge, no. The great majority of tracts are not in an HOA, so there is no architectural review fee or approval delay to budget for, and the fence choice is yours as the homeowner. A few pockets have their own rules, and if yours does we will factor that in, but it is the exception here rather than the norm.
Where to go next
fencing in Northridge puts every material next to every other one.