Where rents are rising fastest in the San Jose area
Rents, 1-year change, September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
Rents rose over the past year in 46 of the 46 ZIP codes in the San Jose area with figures; the median change was +8.4%.
The largest rise was 19.2% in ZIP code 95121 (San Jose, CA), and the tenth-largest was 10.8% in ZIP code 94306 (Palo Alto, CA).
Rents rose 8.5% across the San Jose area and rose 2.9% nationally over the same 12 months.
Where rents are rising fastest in the San Jose area: the first 30 of 46
| Rank | ZIP code | Rents, 1-year change | Typical rent (monthly) | Home values, 1-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95121San Jose, CA | +19.2% | $3,467 | +0.5% |
| 2 | 95130San Jose, CA | +18.1% | $4,201 | +1.4% |
| 3 | 95122San Jose, CA | +15.9% | $3,291 | −1.6% |
| 4 | 94303East Palo Alto, CA | +14.9% | $5,522 | +3.1% |
| 5 | 94041Mountain View, CA | +13.1% | $4,652 | +7.4% |
| 6 | 94089Sunnyvale, CA | +13.0% | $3,897 | −0.2% |
| 7 | 95030Los Gatos, CA | +12.1% | $3,848 | +7.6% |
| 8 | 94040Mountain View, CA | +11.0% | $4,440 | +6.1% |
| 9 | 95134San Jose, CA | +11.0% | $3,962 | −5.1% |
| 10 | 94306Palo Alto, CA | +10.8% | $4,312 | +6.0% |
| 11 | 95110San Jose, CA | +10.7% | $3,382 | −2.2% |
| 12 | 94085Sunnyvale, CA | +10.6% | $4,026 | −0.2% |
| 13 | 95035Milpitas, CA | +10.1% | $3,614 | −1.2% |
| 14 | 94086Sunnyvale, CA | +9.9% | $4,122 | −0.5% |
| 15 | 94301Palo Alto, CA | +9.7% | $4,219 | +8.7% |
| 16 | 95014Cupertino, CA | +9.6% | $4,258 | +2.9% |
| 17 | 94022Los Altos, CA | +9.3% | $6,586 | +8.4% |
| 18 | 95125San Jose, CA | +9.3% | $3,914 | +2.4% |
| 19 | 95050Santa Clara, CA | +9.1% | $3,644 | +0.8% |
| 20 | 95136San Jose, CA | +9.1% | $3,659 | −2.2% |
| 21 | 95148San Jose, CA | +8.7% | $4,131 | +0.5% |
| 22 | 94043Mountain View, CA | +8.4% | $4,594 | −1.0% |
| 23 | 95126San Jose, CA | +8.4% | $3,372 | −2.0% |
| 24 | 94087Sunnyvale, CA | +8.3% | $3,694 | +3.5% |
| 25 | 95051Santa Clara, CA | +8.2% | $3,922 | +0.9% |
| 26 | 95123San Jose, CA | +8.2% | $3,503 | −0.9% |
| 27 | 95112San Jose, CA | +8.1% | $3,236 | −1.4% |
| 28 | 95070Saratoga, CA | +7.9% | $6,140 | +4.2% |
| 29 | 95131San Jose, CA | +7.9% | $3,693 | −2.5% |
| 30 | 95008Campbell, CA | +7.8% | $3,450 | +2.6% |
- Under +6.0%
- +6.0% to +8.0%
- +8.0% to +9.0%
- +9.0% to +11.0%
- +11.0% or more
- Not ranked
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- San Jose metro area: all figures
Where rents are rising fastest in other metro areas
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Washington, DC
- Miami, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Boston, MA
- Riverside, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Detroit, MI
- Seattle, WA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Tampa, FL
- San Diego, CA
- Denver, CO
- Orlando, FL
- Charlotte, NC
- Baltimore, MD
- St. Louis, MO
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin, TX
- Portland, OR
- Sacramento, CA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Las Vegas, NV
- Cincinnati, OH
- Kansas City, MO
- Columbus, OH
- Indianapolis, IN
- Nashville, TN
- Cleveland, OH
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Jacksonville, FL
- Providence, RI
- Raleigh, NC
- Milwaukee, WI
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Louisville, KY
- Richmond, VA
- Memphis, TN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Fresno, CA
- Birmingham, AL
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Buffalo, NY
Source and method
Rents, 1-year change: Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (46 of them in the San Jose area). This page lists only the 46 where the figure rose. The metro area is the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.