Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Homes are expensive, about $1.8 million for a typical one and 11.3 times the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income. Overall it grades B−, 179th among California's 841 graded towns. It is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $145K. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Campbell’s median rent is $2,737 a month, against $1,895 a month in California’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Campbell is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. On history, just 83 of California’s 1,063 towns do better.
Where Campbell beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Its founding year, 1826, comes before those of 98% of the California towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 11,863 in 1960, 43,959 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Campbell is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Campbell. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw8 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
5 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
Big draw39 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
5 mi Stadium & arenaPayPal Park
12 mi MuseumComputer History MuseumLevi'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 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · PayPal Park: Jbburgess0, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Computer History Museum: Dzou, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Campbell, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Campbell.
Campbell has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with San Jose and other neighbors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.
At 11.3 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income, the typical home (about $1.84M) costs more against local pay than in 83% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Home values rose 29% in five years, to about $1.84M, against 13% across California.
52% of households own their home in Campbell. The typical Campbell home is worth about $1,838,000, up 2.7% in a year, more than twice the California typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.84M.
Its public schools are run by the Campbell Union school district. Two of its 18 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell School of InnovationLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 815 | – |
| S.A.G.E. Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 43 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 5.7% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 3,107 U.S. towns with household incomes like Campbell’s, it is healthier than 75%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
10% of Campbell adults report frequent physical distress. Campbell beats the California average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 24% of Campbell adults have obesity.
| Campbell | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 29% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Campbell | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The property crime rate in Campbell is 24.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Campbell | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 24.3 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5.6 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Los Gatos Creek County Park, at 101 acres with 1.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Campbell | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Los Gatos Creek County Park | 1.9 mi | 101 |
| 2. Campbell Community Center | 0.6 mi | 29 |
| 3. Edith Morley Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Los Gatos weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 310 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Campbell has mild winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Campbell’s July high is 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Campbell has about as many jobs (23,956) as working residents, but only 1,157 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Campbell for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Campbell grew to 23,956 in 2023, 1,657 more than in 2013. The top destinations are San Jose (28%), Santa Clara (7%) and Sunnyvale (6%).
| Campbell | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $145,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
15 within 15 miles of the center of Campbell
About 5 of every 100 Campbell residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
39,349 counted in 2010 and 43,959 in 2020; an estimated 42,490 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 3.4%, after 11.7% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
5 places in Campbell on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Campbell.
City in California, United States
Campbell () is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 census, Campbell's population was 43,959. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Campbell's population at 42,490 as of July 1, 2025. Campbell is home to the Pruneyard Shopping Center, a sprawling open-air retail complex which was involved in a famous Supreme Court case that established the extent of the right to free speech in California.
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3 towns share a border with Campbell.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Campbell grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #179 of 841 in California. It grades A for health, D for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
5 notable people were born here, including Paul Bravo and Ethan Kohler.
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