Housing in Berryessa at a glance
- Population
- about 76,553
- Housing units
- about 24,616
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,272,000San Jose: $1,233,200 (-2%)
- Median gross rent
- $3,190 a monthSan Jose: $2,669 (+19%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 67.5%San Jose: 55.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 56.8%
- Median year built
- 1978
Rent is the headline in Berryessa, north of San Jose's centre: $3,190 at the median, second from the top of nine sectors with rent data and 19% above the city. Alum Rock, Central and South all charge much less, between $2,210 and $2,410. Purchase values are less striking, $1,272,000 for sixth place of ten, though that is still more than Central's $1,142,000 or Alum Rock's $985,000. Owners hold 67.5% of households, third of ten and 11.7 points over the city, and the 16,079 owner households outnumber the 7,730 renter households. Central, by contrast, sits at 31.6%. Homes were built around 1978 at the median, and 56.8% of homes date from before 1980, seventh of ten, a lower share than in Alum Rock (69.3%). In total, 76,553 residents share 24,616 housing units. Alum Rock reaches 58.4% on owner share and South 53.2%, both below Berryessa.
Questions about Berryessa
What is the median home value in Berryessa, San Jose?
$1,272,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $1,233,200 for San Jose as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Berryessa?
$3,190 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $2,669 in San Jose (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Berryessa own or rent?
Most own: 67.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 55.8% in San Jose (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 14 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Berryessa is one of the 10 most populous of 15 planning areas of San Jose: estimated population about 76,553 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of San José GIS, Planning Areas (open data layer 544), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for San Jose as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Berryessa
The closest sectors of San Jose, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of San Jose
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Berryessa. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Berryessa? Ask for your spot.