Housing in Cambrian/Pioneer at a glance
- Population
- about 58,583
- Housing units
- about 21,485
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,632,000San Jose: $1,233,200 (+26%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,530 a monthSan Jose: $2,669 (-5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 63.5%San Jose: 55.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 81.4%
- Median year built
- 1967
No San Jose sector has a larger share of pre-1980 housing than Cambrian/Pioneer, at 81.4%, and its median year built is 1967. Willow Glen, beside it, is close at 78.7% and 1964, while South comes in at 48.3%. The sector sits south-west of the centre, and prices run high: a median of $1,632,000 lands 26% over the city and fourth from the top of ten, under Willow Glen's $1,679,000 and Almaden's $2,000,000 but far above South's $863,000. Ownership reaches 63.5% of households, a margin of 7.7 points on San Jose overall, with 13,135 owner households and 7,546 renter households. Rents are slightly softer: $2,530 is 5% beneath the city and sixth of nine, against Willow Glen's $2,550. It houses 58,583 residents in 21,485 units. Of its neighbours, only Almaden ranks higher on ownership, at 88.3%, while Willow Glen's owners hold 59.6% of households there.
Questions about Cambrian/Pioneer
What is the median home value in Cambrian/Pioneer, San Jose?
$1,632,000 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 Cambrian/Pioneer?
$2,530 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 Cambrian/Pioneer own or rent?
Most own: 63.5% 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 12 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.
Cambrian/Pioneer is one of the 10 most populous of 15 planning areas of San Jose: estimated population about 58,583 (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 Cambrian/Pioneer
The closest sectors of San Jose, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Cambrian/Pioneer. 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
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