Santa Clara Real Estate

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About Santa Clara

U.S. Census Facts for Santa Clara

Total Population: 116,468
44,632 housing units – 45.1% owner occupied
Median household income: $53,046
Bachelors degree or higher: 28.8%
Median age: 37.3

Santa Clara is near the center of Silicon Valley. It is home to Intel, National Semiconductor, and other high-tech companies which gave Silicon Valley its name. It is also home to Santa Clara University which is the oldest institution of higher learning in California. Santa Clara owns and operates the electric utility Silicon Valley Power whose rates are considerably less than PG:&E. The population of 116,468 makes Santa Clara the ninth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Santa Clara is named after the Spanish mission established in 1777. Santa Clara was incorporated as a town in 1852.

Major employers in the city are: 1) Applied Materials, 2) Intel, 3) AAA-Affordable Tutoring, 4) Texas Instruments, 5) Great America, 6) EMC Corporation, 7) Santa Clara University, 8) Macy’s, 9) ON Semiconductor Corporation, 10)Agilent

Santa Clara Real Estate Trends

Graph of Santa Clara house prices per sq. ft. from 1998 to the present

Median home prices in Santa Clara were slightly less than $800,000 in 2007. Unlike many similarly price areas, home prices have climbed 25% higher by 2015 than that earlier peak.