Santa Clara

Population & Demographics

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara is home to 130,256 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 66,676 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
130,256
people
Population

130,256 residents

Median age 34.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Santa Clara population & demographics

Who lives in Santa Clara — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
130,256
Median age
34.6yrs
Median household income
$178,958
Median home value
$1,582,600
Median gross rent
$3,016/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
65.9%
Poverty rate
8.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Santa Clara

How Santa Clara breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian50.2%
White27.3%
Hispanic or Latino15.7%
Two or more races4.3%
Black1.7%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Santa Clara

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Santa Clara.

Santa Clara at a glance
Employed Residents
66,676
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
25.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Jose
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Santa Clara proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Santa Clara commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Santa Clara

66,676 commutes, one dot at a time

Santa Clara

Where 66,676 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Santa Clara, by worker count.

1San Jose6.1 mi13,943
2Santa Clara0.0 mi9,469
3Sunnyvale3.3 mi5,978
4Mountain View6.8 mi4,181
5San Francisco37.9 mi3,935
6Cupertino4.6 mi3,784
7Palo Alto10.7 mi3,428
8Fremont12.7 mi2,051

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Santa Clara.

1San Jose6.1 mi37,242
2Santa Clara0.0 mi9,469
3Sunnyvale3.3 mi6,489
4Fremont12.7 mi6,300
5Milpitas6.6 mi3,566
6San Francisco37.9 mi2,984
7Cupertino4.6 mi2,406
8Mountain View6.8 mi2,236

Top industries

The sectors that employ Santa Clara’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing25.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services23.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.7%
INInformation6.4%
COConstruction6.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.4%
EDEducational Services4.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Santa Clara

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps96%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Santa Clara

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