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Santa Clara County, CA

1,926,325 Population
1,291.1 square miles 1,492 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$82,180 ±$1,429 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$168,154 ±$4,521 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7% ±0.5% (131,965  ±9,128) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.1 minutes ±0.4 (22,981,076  ±489,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

672,426 ±3,786 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (1,880,548  ±895) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±0.5% (18,163  ±2,338) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

707,569 ±462 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,555,600 ±$24,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.9% ±0.7% (245,730  ±13,107.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.5% ±1.3% (1,216,018  ±18,145.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
57.4% ±1% (788,412  ±14,058.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

55.7% ±1% (1,021,367  ±18,030.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 45.3% 16,935,156 (±0.2% / ±69,359.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

42.1% (811,040  ±14,260) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.6% ±0.2% (40,798  ±3,252) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
40,798 Total veterans ±3,252 36,994 Male ±2,969 3,804 Female ±1,393

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