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A town of 6,954, settled in 1894.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Overall it grades B−, 188th among California's 841 graded towns. The median household earns $158K and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 76% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.6 million, 9.8 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income. San Martin’s value of a typical home is $1,583,000, above both California’s towns ($709,000) and U.S. towns ($332,000). Only 92 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Where San Martin beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where San Martin’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far San Martin is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 3%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 1,162 in 1960, 7,008 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 7 maps from 1917 on.
San Martin 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.
Ordered by what stands out in San Martin.
San Martin owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California and has little public open land.
At 9.8 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income, the typical home (about $1.58M) costs more against local pay than in 77% of California towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $8,346, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
San Martin: 78% of households are owner-occupiers. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.2%. For San Martin, the median rent is $2,613 a month.
| San Martin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,613 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Morgan Hill Unified school district. Its one school is below. 643 students attend San Martin’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 643 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Since 1983, San Martin has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out. 47% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 35%. Federal aid has come to San Martin households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
26.6% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.
The top destinations are San Jose (24%), Morgan Hill (10%) and Gilroy (7%). For most workers, San Martin is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in San Martin grew to 1,277 in 2023, 122 more than in 2013. In San Martin, the mean commuting time is 34 minutes.
| San Martin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $158,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 27% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 2,277 U.S. towns with household incomes like San Martin’s, it is less healthy than 90%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
For adults in San Martin, the share who feel lonely is 37%. CDC measures, 32 in all: San Martin beats California on 7 and trails on 1.
| San Martin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 72% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | San Martin | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 17.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.2% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For San Martin, the typical July afternoon high is 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $158,250, against $99,122 across California, one input to its A for jobs and income.
37% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 37% across California. Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (39% statewide). Also worth knowing: the age of the median resident in San Martin is 46.8 years.
| San Martin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.8 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 16% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 35 to 44, 65% are men (CA 51%).
| San Martin | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.7% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.5% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.6% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Just 100 of its 7,388 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in San Martin itself; its outdoors grade is D.
San Martin’s trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| San Martin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around San Martin. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw30 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
24 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
36 mi Zoo & aquariumMonterey Bay Aquarium
37 mi MuseumMonterey Museum of Art
26 mi Stadium & arenaPayPal ParkLevi'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 · Monterey Bay Aquarium: Meij.kobayashi, Public domain · Monterey Museum of Art: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PayPal Park: Jbburgess0, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of San Martin
About 6 of every 100 San Martin residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Unincorporated community in California, United States
San Martin or San Martín (Spanish for Saint Martin) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the southern Santa Clara Valley. Located to the south of Morgan Hill and north of Gilroy, San Martin is characterized by ranches, wineries, and orchards, as well as large estates in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2020 census, San Martin had a population of 7,008.
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One town shares a border with San Martin.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Martin | #188 | B− | D | — | B | B+ |
| Morgan Hill | #171 | B− | D | C+ | B+ | A− |
San Martin reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare San Martin with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
San Martin grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #188 of 841 in California. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Hazard risk 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.
