San Jose

Most walkable San Jose suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

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
Amenities A+Commute A+Residents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 68 B−
2
Historic Murphy Avenue in Downtown Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale$1.80M median · 23.0 min commute
Amenities A+Commute A−Residents inactive
96
Walkability
overall 73 B
3
City Hall of Mountain View
Mountain View$1.93M median · 23.3 min commute
Amenities A+Commute A−Residents inactive
95
Walkability
overall 74 B
4
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, on the campus of Santa Clara University in California.
Santa Clara$1.58M median · 22.6 min commute
Amenities A+Commute B+Residents inactive
92
Walkability
overall 70 B−
5
The sign welcoming visitors to the historic downtown area of the city of Campbell.
Campbell$1.62M median · 23.4 min commute
Amenities A+Commute B+Residents inactive
92
Walkability
overall 67 C+
6
Milpitas, CA City Hall
Milpitas$1.25M median · 25.8 min commute
Amenities A+Commute B−Residents inactive
91
Walkability
overall 68 B−
7
Valencia Hotel, Santana Row
San Jose$1.23M median · 27.3 min commute
Amenities ACommute CResidents inactive
88
Walkability
overall 60 C
8
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
Amenities A+Commute B+Residents inactive
86
Walkability
overall 75 B
9
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
Amenities ACommute A−Residents inactive
85
Walkability
overall 77 B
10
Alum Rock$910k median · 27.9 min commute
Amenities A−Commute D+Residents inactive
82
Walkability
overall 52 D+
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

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); Sunnyvale (The Sands of Time 0 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Mountain View (Aleh Haiko · CC BY-SA 3.0); Santa Clara (JaGa · CC BY-SA 3.0); Campbell (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0); Milpitas (Dmitriy Grigoryev · CC BY-SA 3.0); San Jose (Payton Chung · CC BY 2.0); Cupertino (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0); Los Altos (Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0).