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San Jose, CA Demographics
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. San Jose is located in Silicon Valley, at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once a small farming city, San Jose became a magnet for suburban newcomers in new housing developments between the 1960s and the 1990s, and is now the largest city in Northern California. The official United States Census Bureau population estimate for July 1, 2006 is 929,936. The California Department of Finance estimates, San Jose's population on January 1, 2007 was 973,672.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in San Jose was the highest in the US for any city with more than a quarter million residents with $73,804 annually. The median income for a family was $83,089. Males had a median income of $49,347 versus $36,936 for females. The per capita income for San Jose was $26,697. About 6.0% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.
San Jose, CA Residential Statistics
Average Home Sale Price $394,000
Total Housing Units 281,706
Owner Occupied 170,950
Rental Occupied 105,648
Rental Vacancy Rate 1.8%
Vacant Housing Units 5,243
Median Travel Time to Work 28 minutes
Transportation to Work: Public 17,482
Transportation to Work: Drive / Carpool 60,177
Transportation to Work: Walk / Bike / Other 12,748
Work at Home 10,649