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Santa Clara, CA

131,075 Population
18.3 square miles 7,171.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$84,543 ±$5,988 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $76,793 ±$1,549
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$166,228 ±$23,568 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $153,202 ±$3,027
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

9.6% ±2.9% (12,133  ±3,715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.5% 143,313 (±0.7% / ±12,787)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

23.9 minutes ±1.3 (1,526,295  ±133,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 27.6 23,443,704 (±0.3 / ±410,238)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

51,014 ±2,450 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 685,743 ±3,893
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.5 ±0.1 (126,766  ±1,014) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 1,904,164 (±0 / ±628)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.4% ±2.1% (1,588  ±741) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 5% † 23,478 (±0.6% / ±2,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

53,816 ±2,641 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 725,621 ±255
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,553,400 ±$50,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,393,400 ±$30,187
  • more than double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

21.3% ±4.1% (27,555  ±5,352.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 13.7% 263,581 (±0.8% / ±14,618.6)
  • about double the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

95% ±5% (90,444  ±5,795.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 1,233,719 (±1.3% / ±17,709.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
67.2% ±4.6% (63,942  ±4,929.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 55.8% 769,031 (±1% / ±13,145.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

46.1% ±3.2% (60,379  ±4,149) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 41.4% 805,026
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

2% ±0.6% (2,150  ±667) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.4% 37,934 (±0.2% / ±2,784)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,150 Total veterans ±667 1,969 Male ±650 181 Female ±179

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