City · Santa Clara County, California

Campbell, California

Campbell is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area. It has 42,781 residents. Campbell, California has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,881 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #88 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on average weekly wage (high), public EV charging ports (high) and life expectancy (high). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), students per teacher (high) and loneliness (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,881 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #88 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 42,781 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 7,035.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 0610345

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety57#6,688/15,637
Economy89#1,643/15,631
Housing26#11,040/14,977
Health96#652/15,609
Healthcare93#1,100/15,650
Environment38#9,605/15,453
Education72#4,325/15,649
Infrastructure98#285/15,650
Community46#8,519/15,651
Leisure & amenities71#4,533/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Campbell, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Santa Clara County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$4,075
100/100California $1,865United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSanta Clara County value
Public EV charging ports · high32.6 /10k
99/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySanta Clara County value
Life expectancy · high84.1 yrs
99/100California 79.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Clara County value
Dentists · high129 /100k
98/100California 95 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Clara County value
Comfortable days · high45.0%
98/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSanta Clara County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASanta Clara County value

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high11.1×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · high21.0×
6/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSanta Clara County value
Loneliness · high37.8%
8/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Natural hazard risk · high91.6
8/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencySanta Clara County value
Property crime rate · high2,255 /100k
10/100California 1,792 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSanta Clara County value
Social associations · low6.1 /10k
12/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Clara County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.9 /1k (2021) → 3.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+87%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
54.0% (2015-2019) → 60.2% (2020-2024)
+6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
8.7× (2015-2019) → 11.1× (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.0% (2015-2019) → 50.3% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
7.2% (2015-2019) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$124,525 (2015-2019) → $145,268 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Campbell, California improved on 5 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Commute−4.0 min27.4 min → 23.4 min
Bachelor's++6.2 points54.0% → 60.2%
Child poverty−4.2 points7.2% → 3.0%
Household income+17%$124,525 → $145,268
Broadband+3.1 points91.8% → 94.8%

Declined4

Price / income+2.5×8.7× → 11.1×
Unemployment+2.9 points2.1% → 5.0%
Inequality+0.0370.439 → 0.475
Transit use−1.7 points2.5% → 0.9%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Campbell, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.4 min2015-2019	23.4 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Improved	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%2015-2019	60.2%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	91.8%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	7.2%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	8.7×2015-2019	11.1×2020-2024	+2.5×	Declined	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4752020-2024	+0.037	Declined	23%
Median household income	$124,5252015-2019	$145,2682020-2024	+17%	Improved	26%
Poverty rate	6.3%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Declined	15%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	46.0%2015-2019	50.3%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	2.1%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Declined	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.8%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Campbell, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Campbell, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Campbell, California itself moved −5.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

42,781 residents (±42)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

16,923 households (±552)

Campbell, California
California share

Under $25k8.0%1,355
$25k–50k6.6%1,115
$50k–75k10%1,699

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

16,923 households (±552)

Campbell, California
California share

Own52%8,743
Rent48%8,180

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

22,485 workers (±839)

Campbell, California
California share

Drive alone65%14,593
Carpool5.7%†1,274
Public transit0.9%†192

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Santa Clara County, the county holding most of Campbell's residents.

Santa Clara County has 49,154 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 0.99× California's), with 1,171,397 paid employees at an average annual pay of $181,647. The Census Bureau also counts 151,197 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 49,154; 151,197 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 1,171,397
Average annual pay: $181,647; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Santa Clara County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	4,599	24.3	1.17×About typical	48,998	$101,202	6,195
Restaurants and other eating places	4,104	21.7	1.18×About typical	69,473	$32,026	842
Lessors of real estate	2,925	15.5	1.26×More than typical	12,270	$96,848	16,241
Computer systems design and related services	2,783	14.7	3.40×More than typical	82,469	$202,479	4,728
Specialty trade contractors	2,355	12.5	0.80×About typical	37,916	$101,988	4,393
Full-service restaurants	1,703	9	1.17×About typical	31,792	$37,518	226
Limited-service restaurants	1,609	8.5	1.06×About typical	27,895	$28,238	442
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,604	8.5	1.26×More than typical	10,903	$163,742	9,817
Offices of dentists	1,548	8.2	2.03×More than typical	9,648	$63,235	405
Construction of buildings	1,511	8	1.06×About typical	11,172	$104,410	3,856
Offices of other health practitioners	1,213	6.4	1.06×About typical	7,078	$49,756	3,028
Offices of physicians	1,210	6.4	0.99×About typical	10,852	$137,391	1,055

Rank places for an industry Open Santa Clara County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,890,377 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Campbell, California: $63.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.7M; +104% vs FY2025
Per resident: $63.17; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 62%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$1.7M62%
Department of Veterans Affairs$661.4K24%
Department of the Army$220.8K8.2%
Department of State$80.5K3.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$30.3K1.1%
Indian Health Service$19.6K0.7%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$18.1K0.7%
Bureau of Land Management$1,8960.1%

Top recipients

ORBITAL COMPOSITES, INC.$1.7M62%
PENINSULA HISTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY INC$619.7K23%
VISION PRODUCTS LLC$220.8K8.2%
CONTENT GURU INC$80.5K3.0%
CRESTWOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC$41.7K1.5%

Spending by fiscal year

2.1MFY2017
2.6MFY2018
2.1MFY2019
630.7KFY2020
948KFY2021
4.7MFY2022
4MFY2023
3.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.9M70%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$619.7K23%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$81.3K3.0%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$41.7K1.5%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$21.6K0.8%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Campbell, California

MANUFACTURING INNOVATIONS IN EXTREME TEMPERATURE CARBON- AND CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES TACTICAL FUNDING INCREASE (TACFI)$1.9M
ORBITAL COMPOSITES, INC.· Santa Clara County, CA· Research & development· Apr 9, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· FA239426CB017
ORDERING PERIOD 4 HISTOPATHOLOGY SERVICES$706.8K
PENINSULA HISTOPATHOLOGY LABORATORY INC· Santa Clara County, CA· Health & medical· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 36C26126N0521
ONE-YEAR LEASE OF A VELO3D SAPPHIRE METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) SYSTEM$700K
VELO3D, INC.· Santa Clara County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 31, 2023 – Jul 6, 2026· 80MSFC23CA012

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Campbell, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Campbell, California's figures are part of those of Santa Clara County, CA ($3.6B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Campbell is mostly in Santa Clara County.

See federal money in Santa Clara County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Campbell, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Santa Clara County80100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA87

Other cities and towns in Santa Clara County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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