GREATER SAN JOSE REAL ESTATE INFORMATION

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. For the past several years, it has held the title of The Safest Big City in America. San Jose is located in Silicon Valley, at the south end of the San Francisco Bay. With a population of 912,332, San Jose is the largest city in Northern California. Once a small farming city, by 1950 San Jose was a magnet for suburban newcomers in new housing developments (1960s to the 1990s) and became a large thriving urban center of Northern California. San Jose, California real estate blends rich culture, history, architecture and technology into one great place to live.

San Jose lists 25 companies with 1,000 employees or more, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computers and eBay, as well as major facilities for Flextronics, Microsoft, IBM, Hitachi and Lockheed Martin. Sizable government employers include the city government, Santa Clara County, and San Jose State University. Area schools such as San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University pump thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year.

The city is home to many performance arts, including Opera San Jose, Symphony Silicon Valley, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, Children's Musical Theater of San Jose (recognized as the largest and most talented youth theatre company in the nation), the San Jose Repertory Theatre, and American Musical Theatre of San Jose. San Jose also is home to the San Jose Museum of Art, one of the nation's premiere Modern Art museums. In addition, the annual Cinequest Film Festival in downtown has grown to over 60,000 attendees per year, becoming an important festival for independent films.

The HP Pavilion is one of the most active venues for events in the world. According to Billboard Magazine and Pollstar, the arena sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the United States, and third in the world. Including sporting events, the HP Pavilion averages 184 events a year, or roughly one event for every two days, which is significantly higher than the average for NHL arenas.

GREATER SAN JOSE PROFILE

Zip Codes: 95131, 95132, 95133, 95134, 95135, 95136, 95138, 95139, 95140, 95141, 95148, 95150, 95151, 95152, 95153, 95154, 95155, 95156, 95157, 95158, 95159, 95160, 95161, 95164, 95170, 95172, 95173, 95190, 95191, 95192, 95193, 95194, 95196
Community Type: Suburban
Avg. Home Price: $637,697 - learn more about Greater San Jose homes
Family Percentage: Average
School Ratings: Average
Average Age: Average