Housing in Evergreen at a glance
- Population
- about 94,376
- Housing units
- about 28,791
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,353,000San Jose: $1,233,200 (+4%)
- Median gross rent
- $3,220 a monthSan Jose: $2,669 (+21%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 80.9%San Jose: 55.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 42.2%
- Median year built
- 1983
Evergreen has the newest housing profile in San Jose, with just 42.2% of homes predating 1980, the lowest share of the ten sectors, and a median build date of 1983. Rent is the highest of the nine sectors with rent data, $3,220, which is 21% over the city, and owners hold 80.9% of households, second of ten and a full 25.1 points beyond San Jose overall. Renters number just 5,368 households against 22,696 owning ones. East of the centre, the median value of $1,353,000 is 4% up on the city and ahead of Edenvale ($1,205,000) and Alum Rock ($985,000). Rents next door are lower: $2,870 in Edenvale, $2,380 in Alum Rock and $2,210 in South, where homes are closer in age, with a median year of 1981. The sector counts 94,376 residents and 28,791 housing units. Edenvale's owners hold 63% and Alum Rock's 58.4%.
Questions about Evergreen
What is the median home value in Evergreen, San Jose?
$1,353,000 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 Evergreen?
$3,220 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 Evergreen own or rent?
Most own: 80.9% 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 20 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.
Evergreen is one of the 10 most populous of 15 planning areas of San Jose: estimated population about 94,376 (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 Evergreen
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 Evergreen. 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 Evergreen? Ask for your spot.