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San Jose, CA

🇺🇸 California · Ranked #179 of 182 worldwide
39SCORE
San Jose, CA is a balanced market with steady fundamentals. Here's the full data-driven picture — cost, safety, schools, jobs and climate risk.

Silicon Valley wages are the highest anywhere, but so is housing — affordability is the worst in the index.

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The numbers

Median home$1.53M
Median rent$3,815/mo
Gross rental yield3.0%
Median age38 yrs

How it scores

Climate
52
Affordability
14
Momentum
45
Resilience
48

Livability grades

BSafety
A+Schools
BState
AHiking

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