San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara
16 cities and suburbs across San Jose, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $1,447,800 and its mean commute 26.6 min. Los Altos scores highest overall at 77. Stanford leads on schools.
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Median score
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Poll responses
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16 places
in San Jose
in San Jose
One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.
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Downtown San Jose
Downtown Sunnyvale
Los Altos
Cupertino
Mountain View
Saratoga
Santa Clara
Stanford
Milpitas
Campbell
Los Gatos
Morgan Hill
Alum Rock
Gilroy
Hollister
Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown San Jose
Every suburb of San Jose, ranked
| # | Place | Score | Hous | Scho | Cost | Comm | Amen | Empl | Resi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Altos | 77 B | C+ | B+ | B | A− | A | C+ | — |
| 2 | Cupertino | 75 B | C | B+ | B | B+ | A+ | B− | — |
| 3 | Mountain View | 74 B | D+ | B | B− | A− | A+ | B | — |
| 4 | Palo Alto | 74 B | C | A− | C | A | A− | B− | — |
| 5 | Sunnyvale | 73 B | D+ | B | B− | A− | A+ | B− | — |
| 6 | Saratoga | 71 B− | C+ | B+ | B | B− | B− | C+ | — |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 70 B− | D | B− | B | B+ | A+ | C+ | — |
| 8 | Stanford | 68 B− | F | A− | A− | A+ | A+ | F | — |
| 9 | Milpitas | 68 B− | D+ | B− | C+ | B− | A+ | C+ | — |
| 10 | Campbell | 67 C+ | D | B− | B− | B+ | A+ | C− | — |
| 11 | Los Gatos | 66 C+ | C | B | C− | C+ | A− | C | — |
| 12 | San Jose | 60 C | D− | C | B− | C | A | C− | — |
| 13 | Morgan Hill | 55 C− | D | D | B− | D− | A− | C− | — |
| 14 | Alum Rock | 52 D+ | F | F | B | D+ | A− | D | — |
| 15 | Gilroy | 50 D+ | F | D | B− | F | B+ | D | — |
| 16 | Hollister | 45 D | F | D− | B+ | F | B | D− | — |
— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 16 of 16 are currently below the threshold.
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