Fort Thomas vs San Jose

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Thomas and San Jose: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Thomas and San Jose are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Jose has the higher population (560 vs 319 in Fort Thomas). Fort Thomas has the higher median household income ($101,083 vs $46,339 in San Jose). San Jose has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $152,500 in Fort Thomas).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
Population	319	560
Median age	38.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,083	$46,339
Median home value	$152,500	$162,500
Housing units	194	231
Homeownership rate	69.0%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
Population	440 → 319 (-27.5%)	718 → 560 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$60,694 → $101,083 (+66.5%)	$52,045 → $46,339 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $152,500 (+29.3%)	$119,300 → $162,500 (+36.2%)

Fort Thomas

Population

440319

Median household income

$60,694$101,083

Median home value

$117,900$152,500

San Jose

Population

718560

Median household income

$52,045$46,339

Median home value

$119,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	28.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	39.5%	4.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	22.3%
55 to 64	6.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	3.8%	15.9%
75 and over	10.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	37.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	63.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
No high school diploma	36.4%	19.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
Drove alone	95.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.3%
Other means	4.1%	8.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
1-unit, detached	76.3%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	36.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Thomas	San Jose
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	2002	1984