San Jose is a very large city located in the state of California. With a population of 971,233 people and 219 associated neighborhoods, San Jose is the third largest community in California. San Jose home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but San Jose real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.San Jose is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, San Jose is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Jose who work in management occupations (12.14%), computer science and math (9.97%), and office and administrative support (8.86%). Also of interest is that San Jose has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. San Jose is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.02% of adults in San Jose have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in San Jose in 2022 was $59,913, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $239,652 for a family of four. However, San Jose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. San Jose is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Jose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of San Jose residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. San Jose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.79% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in San Jose include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. San Jose also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 41.01%. The most common language spoken in San Jose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
