Who owns and who rents in San Jose?

The share of households that own versus rent in San Jose, CA, how that split has changed since 2015 and how it compares with the county, state and nation.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

San Jose's housing is split like this.

Homeowner households: 70% — U.S.: 65%

Occupied households

• Own: 2046
• Rent: 859

Homeownership rate

• San Jose: 70.4
• Santa Clara County: 55.3
• CA: 55.8
• U.S.: 65

What it means

70% of households here own their home — 5 percentage points higher than the national rate of 65%.

Since 2015, the homeowner share has risen by about 9.5 percentage points.