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San Jose, CA

1,030,119 Population
177.1 square miles 5,816.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±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: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$48,264 ±$1,184 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $57,797 ±$965
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
$113,036 ±$3,525 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $124,696 ±$3,147
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317

8.3% ±0.7% (84,442  ±6,792) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.2% 141,568 (±0.6% / ±11,392)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)

31 minutes ±0.5 (15,801,100  ±345,427) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 29.8 28,939,535 (±0.3 / ±431,742)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)

Families

327,848 ±4,136 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 663,870 ±4,148
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
3.1 ±0 (1,016,043  ±2,165) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3 1,962,412 (±0 / ±2,892)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 3 38,731,195

5.4% ±0.7% (14,122  ±1,847) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 5% 24,689 (±0.5% / ±2,375)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)

Housing

341,806 ±4,015 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 697,955 ±1,004
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010

$968,500 ±$13,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,091,100 ±$11,990
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008

12.8% ±1% (130,387  ±10,380) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 14.2% 281,121 (±0.8% / ±15,202.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)

Social

85.7% ±1.6% (610,808  ±12,338.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.1% 1,238,765 (±1.2% / ±17,296.4)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
45% ±1.2% (320,548  ±8,647.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 52.9% 734,880 (±0.9% / ±12,480.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)

57.6% ±1.4% (557,792  ±13,464.1) 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: 52.7% 990,241 (±0.8% / ±14,574.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.6% 16,554,135 (±0.2% / ±55,548.1)

39.6% ±0.9% (407,839  ±9,546) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 768,600 (±0.6% / ±12,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)

3.2% ±0.3% (25,445  ±2,319) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 51,676 (±0.2% / ±3,109)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
25,445 Total veterans ±2,319 23,332 Male ±2,092 2,113 Female ±716

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