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Population 118,263
About Santa Clara
Santa Clara is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 118,263 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Santa Clara is the 48th largest community in California.
Santa Clara home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Santa Clara real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Santa Clara is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Santa Clara is a city of professionals, sales and office workers and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Clara who work in computer science and math (12.80%), management occupations (12.33%) and office and administrative support (12.16%).
Also of interest is that Santa Clara has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Santa Clara Information and Demographics
The citizens of Santa Clara are among the most well-educated in the nation: 48.80% of adults in Santa Clara have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Santa Clara in 2010 was $38,422, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,688 for a family of four. However, Santa Clara contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Santa Clara is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Clara home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Santa Clara residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Santa Clara also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Clara include German, Irish, English, Italian and Portuguese.
Santa Clara also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.40%.
The languages spoken by people in Santa Clara are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Santa Clara is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
| SANTA CLARA INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 118,263 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 43,021 |
| SANTA CLARA HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 45.75% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 54.25% |
| % VACANT | 4.58% |
| TYPE OF SANTA CLARA HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 42.45% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 9.58% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 10.91% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 36.96% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 0.10% |
| OTHER | 0.00% |
| SIZE OF SANTA CLARA HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 2.39% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 20.09% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 31.69% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 32.39% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 10.95% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 2.48% |
| AGE OF SANTA CLARA HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (2000 OR LATER) | 11.16% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1999) | 36.26% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 48.32% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 4.27% |
| SANTA CLARA REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $643,538 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $1,500 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0 - $53,000 | 0.59% |
| $53,001 - $106,000 | 1.60% |
| $106,001 - $212,000 | 1.42% |
| $212,001 - $317,000 | 2.92% |
| $317,001 - $423,000 | 6.62% |
| $423,001 - $529,000 | 12.15% |
| $529,001 - $793,000 | 47.59% |
| $793,001 - $1,058,000 | 22.37% |
| > $1,058,000 | 4.75% |
| PEOPLE OF SANTA CLARA | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 7.81% |
| 5 TO 17 | 13.46% |
| 18 TO 24 | 10.74% |
| 25 TO 34 | 19.76% |
| 35 TO 54 | 29.06% |
| 55 TO 64 | 9.14% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 10.03% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 90.94% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 48.80% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $85,294 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $38,422 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 8.56% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (25.73%) Professional, scientific, and technical services (19.35%) Healthcare (8.73%) Retail (7.65%) Information Technology (5.61%) Education (3.90%) Administration (3.55%) Other (3.54%) Accommodation (3.49%) Public Service (3.38%) Construction (3.28%) Transportation (2.56%) Finance (2.50%) Wholesale (2.25%) Real estate (2.05%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 8.65% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 44.96% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 2.71% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.50% |
| ASIAN | 37.68% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS | 0.56% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 8.26% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 5.33% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 19.40% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | German (4.90%) Irish (4.39%) English (3.86%) Italian (3.06%) Portuguese (2.75%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 39.40% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (50.88%) Spanish (11.02%) Chinese (5.13%) Tagalog (4.82%) Vietnamese (4.77%) Other Asian languages (4.54%) Hindi (2.91%) Indic languages (2.62%) Korean (2.14%) Portuguese (1.26%) Urdu (1.24%) Russian (1.09%) |
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