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San Jose, CA

969,615 Population
177.9 square miles 5,449.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,575 ±$1,926 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $76,793 ±$1,549
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$136,229 ±$4,622 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $153,202 ±$3,027
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

8.5% ±0.8% (81,285  ±8,019) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.5% 143,313 (±0.7% / ±12,787)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

28 minutes ±0.3 (12,106,915  ±294,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 27.6 23,443,704 (±0.3 / ±410,238)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

331,229 ±4,439 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 685,743 ±3,893
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.9 ±0 (953,195  ±1,248) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 1,904,164 (±0 / ±628)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±0.8% (12,538  ±2,020) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 5% † 23,478 (±0.6% / ±2,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

345,626 ±4,904 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 725,621 ±255
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,217,500 ±$19,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,393,400 ±$30,187
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

11.7% ±0.9% (111,871  ±8,666.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 13.7% 263,581 (±0.8% / ±14,618.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

85.8% ±1.7% (585,176  ±12,868.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 1,233,719 (±1.3% / ±17,709.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
47.6% ±1.3% (324,228  ±9,281.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 55.8% 769,031 (±1% / ±13,145.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

59.5% ±1.3% (548,764  ±11,818.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 55.3% 1,022,487 (±0.8% / ±14,183.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 45% 16,604,364 (±0.2% / ±70,281.5)

42.8% ±1% (415,228  ±9,421) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 41.4% † 805,026 (±11,812.9% / ±12,806)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

2.3% ±0.3% (17,813  ±1,899) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.4% 37,934 (±0.2% / ±2,784)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
17,813 Total veterans ±1,899 16,233 Male ±1,736 1,580 Female ±655

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