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Santa Clara, CA
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Santa Clara profile


Living in Santa Clara



Santa Clara is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 126,930 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Santa Clara is the 46th 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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another interesting thing about Santa Clara, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

If knowledge is power, Santa Clara is a pretty powerful place. 64.64% of the adults in Santa Clara have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Santa Clara in 2018 was $78,084, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $312,336 for a family of four.

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 Asian, followed by White. 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 15.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Santa Clara include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Santa Clara's cultural character, accounting for 45.10% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Santa Clara is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Langs. of India.