Nestled in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, San Jose is synonymous with a booming tech industry and sky-high home prices—but it also stands out for having one of the highest concentrations of married couples among major U.S. metros.
In San Jose, roughly 54% of households are forged in marriage, compared to less than half of households nationwide, according to a new analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data carried out by the National Association of Realtors®.
“The data shows that high-cost metros may delay family formation, but they don’t eliminate it,” writes Nadia Evangelou, senior economist and director of real estate research at NAR…