Cambrian ParkCA
A town of 3,494.
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.
Cambrian Park has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
3,282 counted in 2010 and 3,719 in 2020.
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.
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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw10 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
6 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
7 mi Stadium & arenaPayPal Park
14 mi MuseumComputer History Museum
38 mi Park & preserveOyster Point Marina/ParkPhoto 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
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Moving to Cambrian Park: who provides what
Cambrian Park is unincorporated, so Santa Clara County and regional agencies provide most services.
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.
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.
| Cambrian Park | California towns | U.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% |
| What stands out | Cambrian Park | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Cambrian Park, with earthquakes at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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.
| Cambrian Park | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $193,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
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.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
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.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cambrian Park
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Cambrian Park
About 7 of every 100 Cambrian Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
100% of working residents leave Cambrian Park for work
Where Cambrian Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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.
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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−.