santa clara county
california
OVERVIEW
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MEDIAN PRICE
$1,173,500
Looking over Coyote Valley
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San Jose city skyline at night
Home to Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County occupies the southern San Francisco Bay and is an economic center for high technology and has the third highest GDP per capita in the world. The county's concentration of wealth, primarily due to the tech industry, has made it the most affluent county on the West Coast of the United States and the most affluent outside the Washington metropolitan area and one of the most affluent places in the United States.
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is California's 6th most populous county, with a population of 1,781,642, as of 2010. The county seat and largest city is San Jose, the 10th most populous city in the United States, California's 3rd most populous city and the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The county has a total area of 1,304 square miles, of which 1,290 square miles is land and 14 square miles (1.1%) is water.
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The San Andreas Fault runs along the Santa Cruz Mountains in the south and west of the county.
Downtown Los Gatos
The department manages 29 parks with a total area over 52,000 acres (21,000 ha).
The Nature Conservancy "Mount Hamilton Project" has acquired or put under conservation easement 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land towards its 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) goal for habitat conservation within a 1,200,000 acres (490,000 ha) area encompassing much of eastern Santa Clara County as well as portions of southern Alameda County, western Merced and Stanislaus Counties, and northern San Benito County.
Acquisitions to date include the 1,756-acre Rancho Cañada de Pala, straddling the Alameda Creek and Coyote Creek watersheds for California tiger salamander habitat; a conservation easement on the 3,259-acre Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, which abuts the north side of Joseph D. Grant County Park; a conservation easement on the 28,359-acre San Felipe Ranch, connecting Joseph D. Grant County Park with Henry W. Coe State Park; the 2,899-acre South Valley Ranch which protects a Tule elk herd in the San Antonio Valley, and other properties.
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The County is currently exploring a takeover of Henry W. Coe State Park.
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Morgan Hill
A Tule Elk bull
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Almaden Lake Park
Incorporated Cities
communities
Census-Designated Places
Unincorporated Cities
famous for...
Home to Silicon Valley
Third highest GDP per capita in the world
The most affluent county on the West Coast
Most populous county in Bay Area
NASA/AMES Base Moffett Field
you'll love it here if you...
Work in the tech industry
Enjoy a Mediterranean climate
Enjoy parks & the outdoors
Enjoy shopping
Appreciate the fashion industry
Are a student
MILITARY
NASA/AMES Airfield
TRANSPORTATION
San Jose Mineta Int’l Airport
Moffett Federal Airfield
Palo Alto Airport
Reid-Hillview Airport
San Martin Airport
SF Bay Area Regional Bikeway Network
Altamont Corridor Express
Amtrak Coast Starlight
VTA Light Rail
Caltrain
SCVTA
Amtrak
BART
5 largest employers
Hewlett Packard
PayPal
Samsung
eBay
upper education
San Jose State University
Santa Clara University
Stanford University
Lincoln Law School of SJ
University of Silicon Valley Law
National University
Golden Gate University
San Jose City College
West Valley College
Mission College
Evergreen Valley College
Palmer College of Chiropractic
WestMed College
University California’s Lick Observatory
Western Seminary
National Hispanic University
tourist attractions
Children's Discovery Museum
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Portuguese Historical Museum
Raging Waters
Six Flags Great America
Cathedral Basilica of St Joseph
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Lick Observatory
Hayes Mansion
SAP Center
Excite Ballpark
Spartan Stadium
Winchester Mystery House
Tech Museum of Innovation
recreation
Hiking
Shopping
NFL & MLB Games
Fishing
Boating
Wine Tasting
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Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, with about 5,400 undergraduate students and about 3,300 postgraduate students. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California and has remained in its original location for 169 years. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis which traces its founding to 1776. The university is classified as a "Doctoral/Professional" university by Carnegie Classification.
The Santa Clara University campus
Downtown Los Altos
The Alviso Marina
The Hoover Tower watching over the Stanford University campus.
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. Stanford is ranked among the most prestigious universities in the world by numerous major education publications.
state & national parks
Alum Rock Park
Almaden Quicksilver
Circle of Palms Plaza
Emma Prusch Farm Park
Field Sports Park
Iris Chang Park
Kelley Park
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Japanese Friendship Garden
History Park
Don Edwards SF Bay Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Portuguese Historical Museum
Martial Cottle Park
Oak Hill Memorial Park
Overfelt Gardens
Chinese Cultural Garden
Plaza de Cesar Chavez
Lake Cunningham Park
Rosicrucian Park
Peace Garden
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
60+ miles of recreational trail network