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Fact Sheet: Community Profile

Quality of Life

CULTURAL / RECREATIONAL RESOURCES

Picture of Children's Discovery Museum.

Family Resources

Children's Discovery Museum
Christmas in the Park
Downtown Farmer's Market
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
History Park
HP Pavilion
Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelley Park
Lake Cunningham Park/Raging Waters
Lick Observatory
Logitech Ice at San Jose
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Outback Adventures
Peralta Adobe and Fallon House Historic Site
Prusch Farm Park
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Winchester Mystery House

Tech Museum of Innovation

 
Repertory Theater Performers

Nightlife/ Performing Arts Resources

American Musical Theatre of San Jose
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
Center for the Performing Arts
Children's Musical Theater San Jose
Opera San Jose
San Jose Jazz Festival
San Jose Repertory Theatre
San Jose Stage Company

Source: City of San Jose; 2008

Amgen Tour of California

Professional Sports Resources

San Jose Giants (Minor League Baseball)
Amgen Tour of California (Professional Cycling)
San Jose SaberCats (Arena Football League)
San Jose Sharks (National Hockey League)
San Jose Stealth (National Lacrosse League)

Source: City of San Jose; 2009

 
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TRANSPORTATION

 

AIR (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Int'l)

 

Annual Passengers
Major Passenger Airlines
Nonstop Service Destinations

8.75 million
13
27
 

BUS

Countywide

Annual Ridership
Stops

32.0 million
3,700
 

LIGHT RAIL

Countywide

Annual Ridership
Stops

10.0 million
62
 

COMMUTER RAIL (CalTrain)

Systemwide

Annual Ridership
Stations

10.1 million
33

 


AUTOMOBILE

City

Percent of Workers Driving Alone
Miles of Streets
Mean Travel Time to Work

Source: City of San Jose, 2009;
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey; 2007

78%
2,310
26.1 minutes

 

PUBLIC SAFETY

Crime Rate Chart


San Jose is rated as one of the top four "Safest Big Cities" in the nation.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation; 2007

Amtrak     

 Hwy 17 Express bus

Downtown San Jose

CLIMATE

Seasonal Temperatures

Month
January
April
July
October

Annual

Avg. Temp
50 °F
58 °F
70 °F
63 °F

60 °F

Seasonal Rainfall

Month

January
April
July
October

Annual

Avg. Rainfall

2.78 in.
1.17 in.
0.06 in.
0.90 in.

14.42 in.

 

 

  

 

 

Last Modified Date: 5/12/2009
 
 

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