Santa Clara County, California — cities by momentum

All states·California·Santa Clara County

16 cities tracked, ranked by composite momentum.

16
Cities tracked
1,860,854
Combined population
$2,144,024
Median home (county)
12
Rising / Hot

Santa Clara County, California has 16 tracked cities with a combined population of 1,860,854. The median home value across these cities is $2,144,024.

The highest-momentum city in the county is Los Altos, with a composite score of 67 (Rising) — median home $4,681,519, +3.6% year over year.

The most affordable city tracked here is Gilroy at $1,077,359.

Los Altos

pop 30,864
67
Rising$4,681,519 · +3.6%

Stanford

pop 21,150
66
Rising$3,316,685 · +2.0%

San Martin

pop 7,008
66
Rising$1,628,415 · +2.7%

Santa Clara

pop 133,132
65
Rising$1,766,558 · -1.4%

Cupertino

pop 58,710
65
Rising$3,183,398 · +1.8%

Campbell

pop 42,895
65
Rising$1,977,750 · +1.7%

Saratoga

pop 30,486
64
Rising$4,209,301 · +1.8%

Los Gatos

pop 32,952
63
Rising$2,705,565 · +1.2%

Sunnyvale

pop 156,792
62
Rising$2,144,024 · -0.2%

Mountain View

pop 87,316
62
Rising$2,029,113 · -0.3%

Palo Alto

pop 67,658
62
Rising$3,683,761 · +1.9%

Morgan Hill

pop 45,952
62
Rising$1,358,162 · +0.4%

Los Altos Hills

pop 8,435
61
Stable$6,069,528 · +2.4%

San Jose

pop 997,368
56
Stable$1,452,609 · -2.5%

Milpitas

pop 79,746
56
Stable$1,488,488 · -2.9%

Gilroy

pop 60,390
56
Stable$1,077,359 · -2.3%

Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
60° / 41°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
82° / 60°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
258
~71% of year
Annual precip
22″ rain
8″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
Very low
Tornado
Very low
Wildfire
Very high
Earthquake
Very high
Flood
Moderate

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.