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Joint Venture Silicon Valley Established in 1993, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network provides analysis on regional issues.

Transportation costs in the Bay Area have risen faster than overall inflation since 2021. The cost of basic transportati...
06/03/2026

Transportation costs in the Bay Area have risen faster than overall inflation since 2021. The cost of basic transportation needs for a Silicon Valley family of four reached nearly $9,900 annually in 2025, consuming up to 14% of gross income in a minimum-wage household.

Dig into the data on in : www.siliconvalleyindicators.org/data/place/transportation/transportation-costs

Stay tuned for next week’s and visit SiliconValleyIndicators.org for more!

Who gets to stay in Silicon Valley?Recent KQED reporting draws on research from Joint Venture’s Silicon Valley Index to ...
05/28/2026

Who gets to stay in Silicon Valley?

Recent KQED reporting draws on research from Joint Venture’s Silicon Valley Index to confirm what many already know: Affordability challenges are affecting workers at all income levels, and even well-paid tech workers are forced to choose between the Bay Area and the rest of their lives.

“It distills to a few key points,” said Russell Hancock, President and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “We have a very hot economy. It’s creating a lot of wealth. It’s not creating as many jobs. And our housing is too expensive.”

Good policy conversations start with good regional data.

Read the stories:

“Even Some Tech Workers Can’t Afford to Stay When the Bay Is This Expensive”
https://www.kqed.org/news/12085049/even-some-tech-workers-cant-afford-to-stay-when-the-bay-is-this-expensive

“Housing, Tech and Taxes: 50 Years of Unaffordability in the Bay Area”
https://www.kqed.org/news/12078615/how-skyrocketing-housing-costs-and-policy-choices-reshaped-the-bay-area

Explore the Silicon Valley Index:
https://jointventure.org/publications/silicon-valley-index

Silicon Valley is linguistically diverse, with more than half of residents (53%) speaking a language other than English ...
05/27/2026

Silicon Valley is linguistically diverse, with more than half of residents (53%) speaking a language other than English at home. The most common languages other than English spoken in Silicon Valley households include Spanish (17%), Chinese (11%), and Vietnamese (5%).

Dig into the data on in : www.siliconvalleyindicators.org/data/people/talent-flows-diversity/languages-spoken

Stay tuned for next week’s and visit SiliconValleyIndicators.org for more!

What is Silicon Valley’s most common surname?Nguyen ranked first by a wide margin in both 2022 and 2025 voter registrati...
05/26/2026

What is Silicon Valley’s most common surname?

Nguyen ranked first by a wide margin in both 2022 and 2025 voter registration data across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Over that period, the number of registered voters with the surname Nguyen grew by roughly 3,000 individuals.

Other surnames associated with Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and Indian communities also saw substantial growth.

Explore the broader findings: https://jointventure.org/publications/institute-publications/2808-most-common-surnames-in-silicon-valley

Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate market remained under pressure in Q1 2026, with vacancy rates across office, lab...
05/21/2026

Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate market remained under pressure in Q1 2026, with vacancy rates across office, lab, and other space types hovering near their highest levels since 2003 and office vacancies surpassing dot-com-era peaks.

Asking rents continued to decline across the board, while new commercial development slowed to its lowest level in more than a decade.

At the same time, leasing activity is on track to record its highest volume since 2022, driven in part by expansion in research and development and flex space.

Read the full report, released today in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley: https://jointventure.org/publications/institute-publications/2811-quarterly-report-silicon-valley-commercial-space-q1-2026

Women make up 46% of Silicon Valley’s civilian workforce, but only 40% of employees at the region’s 20 largest technolog...
05/20/2026

Women make up 46% of Silicon Valley’s civilian workforce, but only 40% of employees at the region’s 20 largest technology employers. Women are disproportionately underrepresented in leadership roles (33%) and technical roles (31%) at these major tech companies.

Dig into the data on in : www.siliconvalleyindicators.org/data/people/talent-flows-diversity/tech-talent/share-of-employees-in-silicon-valleys-largest-technology-companies-by-gender

Stay tuned for next week’s and visit SiliconValleyIndicators.org for more!

Asian surnames make up a growing share of Silicon Valley’s voter rolls, reflecting demographic patterns that have shaped...
05/19/2026

Asian surnames make up a growing share of Silicon Valley’s voter rolls, reflecting demographic patterns that have shaped the region for decades.

Census data analyzed in the 2026 Silicon Valley Index show Asian residents now comprise 42% of the region’s population — a pattern also reflected in voter surname data from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Explore more patterns in the data: https://jointventure.org/publications/institute-publications/2808-most-common-surnames-in-silicon-valley

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