San Jose vs Alum Rock
San Jose and Alum Rock on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
D−HousingF
San Jose +5 pts
CSchoolsF
San Jose +21 pts
B−Cost of livingB
Alum Rock +6 pts
CCommuteD+
San Jose +11 pts
AAmenitiesA−
San Jose +8 pts
C−EmploymentD
San Jose +7 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$1.23MMedian home value$910k
$2,669Median rent$2,389
27.3 minMean commute27.9 min
$146kMedian household income$127k
0.73%Effective property tax0.66%
69th pctWithin-state proficiency23rd pct
191Restaurants & cafés104
990,138Population10,440
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.