ZIP 95117
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
March. Asking rents in ZIP 95117 usually run 1.1% below trend in March and 0.8% above it in September, about $57 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 95117 is 0.1% below its high of $3,014 in August 2026, at $3,012 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 95117 changed +3.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 819 California ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 95117 rose 13.1% while median household income rose 21.5% ($95,726 to $116,348). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 95117 is 18.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($116,348) is $2,909 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,670); a 2-bedroom is $3,120.
2nd cheapest of 25 ZIP codes in San Jose.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 95117. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 95117 (San Jose, CA) is majority renter-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 46.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 95117 in San Jose, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 95117 in San Jose, CA has increased by $584 per month, settling near $3,012 after starting the period at $2,428. Median household income grew from $107,972 to $116,348 between 2021 and 2024, a 7.8% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 16.3 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 28,832 to 26,953 between 2021 and 2024, a 6.5% change. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 95117 in San Jose, CA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 95117 covers San Jose, CA. The median rent here is $3,012/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,670/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,120/mo.
At 31% of local median household income ($116,348/yr), ZIP 95117 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.6% over the past year.
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