West · California · pop 970K
San Jose, CA
Fair match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in CA, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,131, while estimated essentials run about $5,506/mo — roughly $375 short.
Expect summer highs near 82°F, winter lows around 43°F, and about 257 sunny days a year.
Reported crime rates sit below most cities in this dataset.
Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.
The San Jose fit print
Est. monthly cost
$5,506/mo
Typical rent
$2,960/mo
Home value ÷ income
10.2×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $2,560/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $2,960/mo
- Median home value
- $1,350,000
- Median household income
- $133,000
- Population
- 970,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 0.4%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 430
- Property crime rate
- 2,600
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 82°F
- Avg. winter low
- 43°F
- Sunny days / year
- 257
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈4/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈6/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈14/yr
- Annual rain
- 15"
- Annual snow
- 0"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+40
- Int'l airport
- ≈4 mi
- Walkability
- 51/100
- Disaster risk
- 72/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
Track San Jose affordability
We'll email you if rents or costs in San Jose shift. Occasional, no spam.
Unsubscribe anytime