San Jose

Best San Jose suburbs for families

Ranked on a families weighting: schools at 30%, amenities within two miles at 20%, and the four poll questions about children, safety and sidewalks at 20%. Cost still counts, at 15%. The full weighting is shown at the bottom, and it is not the same as the overall score.

Updated Sep 2026·16 suburbs considered, 10 listed
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The photograph is of the front exterior of the Stanford Post Office as viewed from the southwest. Photograph taken on 2019-03-15T20:43:14Z.
Stanford$2.00M+ median · 14.6 min commute
Schools A−Amenities A+Residents inactive
82
Family score
overall 68 B−
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These unique entrance ornaments are placed on or next to all major thoroughfares to greet visitors to Los Altos. This particular one is located in Lincoln Park,
Los Altos$2.00M+ median · 22.3 min commute
Schools B+Amenities AResidents inactive
81
Family score
overall 77 B
3
Cali Mill Plaza, Cupertino City Center, at the intersection of De Anza and Stevens Creek Boulevards in Cupertino.
Cupertino$2.00M+ median · 23.6 min commute
Schools B+Amenities A+Residents inactive
80
Family score
overall 75 B
4
City Hall of Mountain View
Mountain View$1.93M median · 23.3 min commute
Schools BAmenities A+Residents inactive
78
Family score
overall 74 B
5
w:National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Clara County, California Ramona Street Architectural District, Hamilton Buildings (aka Medico-Dental Bu
Palo Alto$2.00M+ median · 21.4 min commute
Schools A−Amenities A−Residents inactive
77
Family score
overall 74 B
6
Historic Murphy Avenue in Downtown Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale$1.80M median · 23.0 min commute
Schools BAmenities A+Residents inactive
77
Family score
overall 73 B
7
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, on the campus of Santa Clara University in California.
Santa Clara$1.58M median · 22.6 min commute
Schools B−Amenities A+Residents inactive
74
Family score
overall 70 B−
8
Milpitas, CA City Hall
Milpitas$1.25M median · 25.8 min commute
Schools B−Amenities A+Residents inactive
74
Family score
overall 68 B−
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Saratoga$2.00M+ median · 25.1 min commute
Schools B+Amenities B−Residents inactive
73
Family score
overall 71 B−
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The sign welcoming visitors to the historic downtown area of the city of Campbell.
Campbell$1.62M median · 23.4 min commute
Schools B−Amenities A+Residents inactive
72
Family score
overall 67 C+
This list's weighting
Schools 30%Amenities 20%Resident poll (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8) 20%Cost of living 15%Housing 10%Commute 5%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Stanford (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0); Los Altos (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0); Cupertino (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0); Mountain View (Aleh Haiko · CC BY-SA 3.0); Palo Alto (Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Sunnyvale (The Sands of Time 0 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Santa Clara (JaGa · CC BY-SA 3.0); Milpitas (Dmitriy Grigoryev · CC BY-SA 3.0); Saratoga (LPS.1 · CC0); Campbell (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0).