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Brookdale is a small town of 1,378 people in Santa Cruz County, California. It's about 10 miles from Santa Cruz, CA and 21 miles from San Jose, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 63°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $955k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,378people
$955kTypical home
$1,814/moRent
86° / 63°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,378
- Part of a metro area
- About 358 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to San Jose, CA
- 10 mi to Santa Cruz, CA
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $955k (≈$6,020/mo)
- Median rent $1,814/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 63°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 10 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (312 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,282 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 17% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 12% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to SJC airport
- 20 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 682 ft
- 8 mi to the ocean
- 133 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 140 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,761 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 135 bars within 25 mi
- 786 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 74 museums within 25 mi
- 17 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Santa Cruz County: D+54 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.