East FoothillsCA
A town of 7,139.
Is East Foothills a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $1.3 million, 8.3 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 253rd of 841 graded towns in California. The median household earns $199K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 82% of the country. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. East Foothills’ midpoint rent is $3,321 a month, above both the California town median ($1,895 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). East Foothills is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
What makes East Foothills stand out
Where East Foothills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
East Foothills has shrunk 18% from 2010 to 2020
8,269 counted in 2010 and 6,803 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How East Foothills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far East Foothills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Levi's Stadium and 108 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Foothills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw9 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
6 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
Big draw38 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
7 mi Stadium & arenaPayPal Park
15 mi MuseumComputer History MuseumPhoto 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 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · PayPal Park: Jbburgess0, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Computer History Museum: Dzou, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to East Foothills: who provides what
East Foothills 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 East Foothills.
East Foothills has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, has less tooth loss than most of California and sends most of its workers to San Jose and beyond.
East Foothills has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
There are 3.6 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. In East Foothills, the density of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| East Foothills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.7 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alum Rock Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
East Foothills faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA puts nearly three quarters of East Foothills’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 22% to inland flooding. Since 1983, East Foothills has seen 2 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For health, East Foothills earns an A−
Its widest gap with California is tooth loss: 5.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 965 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Foothills’s, it is less healthy than 92%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
For adults in East Foothills, the share who report frequent mental distress is 14%. Of 32 CDC measures, East Foothills beats the California average on 15 and trails it on 1.
| East Foothills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 29% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | East Foothills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 7.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of East Foothills’ working residents commute to San Jose
East Foothills has 408 jobs for its 3,117 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 29.5% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles. East Foothills had 408 jobs in 2023, up 166 from 2013. Only 2% of working residents stay in East Foothills for work; the rest commute out. 30% of East Foothills workers work from home.
| East Foothills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $199,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in East Foothills
The Los Gatos weather station, 13 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 310 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in East Foothills sell for about $1.6M
The median property tax bill is $9,795, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
86% of households are owner-occupiers in East Foothills.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Foothills
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of East Foothills
About 7 of every 100 East Foothills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
98% of working residents leave East Foothills for work
Where East Foothills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About East Foothills
Census designated place in California, United States
East Foothills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is adjacent to San Jose. The population was 6,803 at the 2020 census and it is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of downtown San Jose.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 351 ft
- Area code
- 408
East Foothills’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with East Foothills.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Foothills | #253 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
| San Jose | #293 | C+ | D | D | B+ | A− |
| Alum Rock | #337 | C | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
East Foothills and Alum Rock report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Foothills with a neighbor →
Questions about East Foothills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Foothills, CA a good place to live?
East Foothills grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #253 of 841 in California. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is East Foothills, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,346,000, 77% above the California typical home.