Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA

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2023 Population

114,994

0.59% 1-year decline

US Senator

N/AAlex Padilla

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/AAdam Schiff

Democratic Party

About

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None of the households in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA was N/A per household.

Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA borders Alameda County (West)--San Leandro, Alameda, Emeryville & Piedmont Cities PUMA, CA, San Mateo County (South & West)--San Mateo (South) & Half Moon Bay Cities PUMA, CA, San Mateo County (Southeast)--Menlo Park, East Palo Alto Cities & Atherton Town PUMA, CA, Santa Clara County (Southwest)--Cupertino, Saratoga Cities & Los Gatos Town PUMA, CA, Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Palo Alto City & Los Altos Hills Town PUMA, CA, Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Sunnyvale City PUMA, CA, and Santa Clara County (Central)--San Jose City (North) PUMA, CA.

United States California

Economy

The economy of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA employs N/A people. The largest industries in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA are Computer Systems Design (7,607 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (5,451 people), and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals (4,867 people), and the highest paying industries are Data processing, hosting & related services ($413,975), Electronic shopping and mail-order houses ($400,304), and Household appliances & electrical & electronic goods merchant wholesalers ($326,017).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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Women

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Men

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The workforce of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA, are Software developers (7,149 people), Other managers (3,408 people), and Postsecondary teachers (2,591 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in California (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA, are Computer Systems Design (7,607 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (5,451 people), and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals (4,867 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA, though some of these residents may live in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Information ($250,001), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($194,692), and Manufacturing ($181,146).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Information ($207,793), Manufacturing ($157,557), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($135,483).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.57%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.

Civics

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from California

N/AAlex Padilla

Senator from California

Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.

N/AAdam Schiff

Senator from California

Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from California

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for California have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA in 2022 were Graduate Degree (37.3k), Bachelors Degree (24.1k), and Some college (9.97k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA have an average commute time of 23.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Housing

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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Homeowners with Mortgage

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This chart shows the percentage of owner in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

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2022 Wage GINI in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA

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In 2022, the income inequality in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA was 0.45 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 55% decline from N/A to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (52.9%)
Worked At Home (29.8%)
Carpooled (5.52%)

In 2023, 52.9% of workers in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (29.8%) and those who carpooled to work (5.52%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

23.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA have a shorter commute time (23.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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The following map shows the N/A by state over multiple years.

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Health

N/A% of the population of Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

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By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Mountain View & Los Altos Cities PUMA, CA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.