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San Jose, CA

1,035,353 Population
177.5 square miles 5,832.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2

Economics

$43,593 ±$951 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $51,857 ±$925
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
$104,675 ±$3,722 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $117,474 ±$2,785
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294

8.4% ±0.9% (86,282  ±8,768) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.3% 143,908 (±0.6% / ±11,280)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)

31.3 minutes ±0.6 (15,875,875  ±363,820) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 30 28,470,275 (±0.5 / ±527,845)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)

Families

321,913 ±4,299 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 651,006 ±3,460
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
3.2 ±0 (1,020,639  ±1,574) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3 1,962,611 (±0 / ±2,293)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 3 38,718,791

4.8% ±0.7% (12,228  ±1,672) 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: 4.6% 22,495 (±0.4% / ±2,171)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)

Housing

338,738 ±4,612 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 690,031 ±761
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934

$854,700 ±$9,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $957,700 ±$10,025
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199

14.2% ±1.1% (144,992  ±10,870.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 15.6% 307,786 (±0.7% / ±13,963.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)

Social

84.9% ±1.5% (607,596  ±11,962.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 88.3% 1,220,628 (±1.2% / ±16,483.4)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
43.4% ±1.1% (310,551  ±8,076.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 50.8% 703,166 (±0.8% / ±11,482.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)

57.5% ±1.2% (558,297  ±11,914.4) 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: 53.3% 999,643 (±0.6% / ±11,837.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.5% 16,479,654 (±0.2% / ±61,748.9)

40.3% ±1% (417,148  ±10,715) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.9% 777,983 (±0.6% / ±11,628)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)

3.3% ±0.3% (26,206  ±2,323) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.4% 52,794 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
26,206 Total veterans ±2,323 24,667 Male ±2,220 1,539 Female ±472

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