Visitors and residents enjoy Sunnyvale’s beautiful, clean suburban setting, efficient, high-quality city services, low crime rate, quality schools and 18 prize-winning parks.
Through its innovative and cost effective Public Safety Department concept, which combines traditional fire and police functions into one department, the city offers its citizens and businesses an award-winning record of safety and efficiency.
Some of the nation’s most successful business and industrial leaders are located in Sunnyvale, including AMD, Network Appliance and Yahoo!. Residents can drive within an hour to many distinguished educational institutions, including Stanford University, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University and University of California. Foothill, De Anza, West Valley and Mission Community Colleges and Cogswell College are only minutes away, offering high quality community college classes and programs.
Sunnyvale’s commitment to every citizen within the community sets it apart. High quality parks, a full-service library, promotion of cultural arts activities and strong support for maintenance and repair of public facilities reflect this commitment.
The City is less than an hour from the Pacific Ocean, and close to California’s famous redwood forests and beautiful Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada for summer exploring and winter skiing.
In the greater Sunnyvale area, theaters, concert halls, museums, libraries and art galleries fill the most demanding cultural needs.
The city offers shopping convenience and variety with more than 49 neighborhood and regional centers, including downtown shopping and dining at Murphy Avenue, a unique and historic business district.
- Region: The Heart of Silicon Valley
- Size: 24 Square Miles [Second largest city in Santa Clara County, fifth largest in the San Francisco Bay Area]
- Temperature: 71° (July) to 53° (January)
- Residential Population: 135,721 (Source: State Department of Finance)
- Number of Businesses: Approximately 8,031
- Workforce: Approximately 118,500
- Daytime Population: 230,000
- Average Household Income: $74,000
- Education: 67 percent college educated
- Libraries: 1
- Golf Courses: 2
- Parks: 20
- Elementary, Middle and High Schools: 26 (public & private)
- Tennis Courts: 51 (16 at the world-class Tennis Center, and 35 at 15 other locations)
- Sports Fields: 132 multi-purpose
- Restaurants: 315
- Shopping Centers/ Complexes: 52
- Major Hotels: 10 (total of 3,340 rooms and 38,000 sq. ft. of meeting space)
- Annual Events: Art & Wine Festival, Summer Music Series, Hands On the Arts, Downtown Association Holiday Tree Lighting, State of the City Address
