County profile
Santa Clara County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#6 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$438.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,171,397
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
49,154
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$174.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,914,391
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$164.3k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
56.5%
Poverty rate
7.1%±0.3%
Business applications
24,043 · 2025
Retail establishments
4,260
22.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Apple Inc.Technology$416.2B84B+2Alphabet Inc.Communication Services$402.8B81B+3NVIDIA CorporationTechnology$215.9B90A4Tigo Energy, Inc.Technology$103.5B56C5Broadcom Inc.Technology$63.9B76B+6Cisco Systems, Inc.Technology$56.7B85A7HP Inc.Technology$55.3B82B+8Intel Corp.Technology$52.9B75B+9Netflix, Inc.Communication Services$45.2B91A10Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Technology$34.6B78B+11PayPal Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$33.2B80B+12Applied Materials, Inc.Technology$28.4B88A13Adobe Inc.Technology$23.8B89A14Super Micro Computer, Inc.Technology$22.0B69B15Intuit Inc.Technology$18.8B88A16ServiceNow, Inc.Technology$13.3B81B+17KLA CorporationTechnology$12.2B81B+18eBay Inc.Consumer Cyclical$11.1B80B+19Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Healthcare$10.1B90A20Western Digital CorporationTechnology$9.5B77B+21Palo Alto Networks, Inc.Technology$9.2B79B+22Arista Networks, Inc.Technology$9.0B81B+23Sanmina CorporationTechnology$8.1B74B24Sandisk CorporationTechnology$7.4B55C25Synopsys, Inc.Technology$7.1B81B+HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Information24%
Professional services23%
Health care18%
Manufacturing13%
Food & accommodation12%
Management11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,914,391
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $157.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−168,614
International migration+116,259
Natural change+38,052
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$318.5B2019
$341.2B2020
$386.0B2021
$384.2B2022
$404.5B2023
$438.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$1.5M±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$2.9k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±0.3%
Affordability
8.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.3B
5,323 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$3.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Landslide 100Drought 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
19792016
20592017
23032018
22592019
21922020
22992021
26602022
28252023
29762024
29572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 32% since 20214,0442021
9,0742022
5,8342023
3,8342024
5,3232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.1 km
I-680
Nearest freight rail
4.1 km
UP
Nearest port
54.8 km
PORT OF REDWOOD CITY WHARF NO 5
Nearest commercial airport
25.1 km
NORMAN Y MINETA SAN JOSE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR212 filings from 98 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$174.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Santa Clara?
Santa Clara's economy produced $438.5B in 2024, growing 8.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is information.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.