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California›Santa Clara County

Cambrian ParkCA

A town of 3,494.

Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo of Cambrian Park

Cambrian Park, CA · Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗

Is Cambrian Park a good place to live?

For most people who can afford it, yes. Cambrian Park grades A− overall, 30th among California's 841 graded towns. The median household earns $193K. Its schools rank ahead of 95% of California towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 92% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $2.0 million, 12.3 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income. Cambrian Park’s median rent is $3,179 a month, where California’s towns sit at $1,895 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Only 71 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on the outdoors. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top.

What makes Cambrian Park stand out

Where Cambrian Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.

A growing town

Cambrian Park has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020

3,282 counted in 2010 and 3,719 in 2020.

3,2822010
3,7192020

U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts

How Cambrian Park grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Cambrian Park is from typical.

How grading works

Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 5%), so the A− overall blends very different results.

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Nearby attractions

Levi's Stadium and 91 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cambrian Park. Close and well known come first.

All 243 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · California's Great America: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SAP Center: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PayPal Park: Jbburgess0, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Computer History Museum: Dzou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oyster Point Marina/Park: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0

Getting set up

Moving to Cambrian Park: who provides what

Cambrian Park is unincorporated, so Santa Clara County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPG&E37.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterSan Jose Water1 health-based violation in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet7 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesSanta Clara CountySanta Clara County provides services here
SchoolsCampbell Union High School DistrictUnion Elementary School DistrictCambrian Elementary School District3 districts serve Cambrian Park; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereSanta Clara Registrar of VotersSanta Clara County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2021
ZIP code9512495124 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Cambrian Park.

Cambrian Park has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has less tooth loss than most of California, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.

HealthA

Cambrian Park earns an A for health

Its widest gap with California is tooth loss: 4.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 1,063 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cambrian Park’s, it is less healthy than 72%: its national edge comes with its incomes.

25% of adults have obesity in Cambrian Park. Cambrian Park beats the California average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Cambrian Park.

92%healthier than U.S. townsAHealth Grade
Cambrian ParkCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)25%29%35%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)11%14%14%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)30%35%36%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)14%17%17%
32 measures vs. California
19 better12 too close to call1 worse
What stands outCambrian ParkCA
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth4.6%10.6%
Fewer uninsured adults4.8%10.6%
More adults who have had cancer8%6.4%
Good Samaritan Hospital
1 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
85th
percentile among CA towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

91risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
91Very high riskLowerHigher
EarthquakesInland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+

A smaller share of working residents work locally in Cambrian Park than in most of California or the rest of the country

Cambrian Park has 285 jobs for its 1,727 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.

0.5% of Cambrian Park working residents work locally. Jobs based in Cambrian Park grew to 285 in 2023, 25 more than in 2013. 5.5% of Cambrian Park residents live below the poverty line.

0%work in town
Cambrian ParkCalifornia townsU.S. towns
Median household income$193,000$95,000$80,000
Below the poverty line5.5%10%9.6%
Working residents who work in town0.5%6.6%8%
Work from home15%14%11%

Where working residents work

In Cambrian Park0%
San Jose28%
Santa Clara8%
San Francisco5%
Mountain View5%
10 mi
median commute distance
285
jobs based in Cambrian Park
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
A−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

In Cambrian Park, expect mild winters and pleasant summers

The Los Gatos weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 310 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns.

Cambrian Park has mild winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Cambrian Park is 84°F.

85°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter40–61°
Spring46–71°
Summer54–84°
Fall48–76°
Dec 6
typical first frost
Feb 2
typical last frost
+2.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
85°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade D−

Homes in Cambrian Park sell for about $2.1M

At 12.3 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 87% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $9,897, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.

The median sale price was $2,100,000 in May 2026.

$2.1Mmedian sale price
Market temperature
Seller’s marketA strong seller's marketBuyer’sSeller’s
14
days on market
106%
sale-to-list price
5
homes sold in May

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cambrian Park

15pages on Cambrian Park
After high school

Colleges nearby

12 within 15 miles of the center of Cambrian Park

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Cambrian Park for work

Where Cambrian Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

28% → San Jose San Jose 28% 8% → Santa Clara Santa Clara 8% 5% → San Francisco San Francisco 5% 5% → Mountain View Mountain View 5% 5% → Cupertino Cupertino 5% 5% → Sunnyvale Sunnyvale 5% Cambrian Park · 0% stay
285jobs based in Cambrian Park
0%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Cambrian Park

Place in California, United States

Cambrian is a neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States, located in South San Jose. Though most of the neighborhood is incorporated as part of San Jose, a small portion exists as an unincorporated census-designated place called Cambrian Park.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Questions about Cambrian Park

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Cambrian Park, CA a good place to live?

For most people who can afford it, yes. Cambrian Park grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #30 of 841 in California. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.

Is Cambrian Park, CA expensive?

Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,000,000, 163% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.