San Jose vs Santa Clara
San Jose, CA compared with Santa Clara, CA · 10 miles apart
San Jose has 989,814 residents to Santa Clara’s 133,446. San Jose comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, poverty rate. Santa Clara does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.
| San Jose, CA | Santa Clara, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 989,814 | 133,446 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 5,563 | 7,301 |
| Median household income | $146,427 | $178,958 |
| Median home value | $1,233,200 | $1,582,600 |
| Median rent | $2,669 | $3,016 |
| Homeownership | 55.8% | 40.8% |
| Average commute | 27.3 min | 22.6 min |
| Median age | 38.2 | 34.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 47.3% | 65.9% |
| Poverty rate | 8.1% | 8.4% |
| Unemployment | 5.1% | 5.1% |
| Price to income | 8.4× | 8.8× |
| Clear days a year | 80 | — |
| Days above 90°F | 32 | — |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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