October 6, 2024 – Amid growing concerns over housing and homelessness, the 2024 Silicon Valley Poll reveals a complex landscape of emotions among Bay Area residents.
Data for Discussion | July 26, 2024
By Rachel Massaro
April 8, 2024 – The Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies released Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce Pipeline in Santa Clara County with research that benchmarks the status of the existing local behavioral health workforce and identifies roadblocks and priorities for pipeline expansion and local retention.“I am committed to continuing the conversation about effective behavioral health workforce expansion strategies...,” says Susan Ellenberg.
February 28, 2024 – Joint Venture Silicon Valley's Institute for Regional Studies today released the 2024 Silicon Valley Index, revealing that the region achieved an unprecedented market cap of $14.3 trillion. This milestone comes as the regional economy demonstrates resilience despite growing income and wealth divides, coupled with persistent housing challenges for residents. The data confirms the region's economic health and continued growth. “We may not be booming, but we’re still growing,” said Russell Hancock, CEO of Joint Venture. “We’re a region built on creative destruction and re-invention.”
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
Q3 2023 - The third-quarter analysis from Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies, in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley, shows that total leasing volume through Q3 2023 exhibited a continued reduction in average space sizes.
October 25, 2023 - Joint Venture’s Institute has completed a report in partnership with the University of Washington School of Social Work, Center for Women’s Welfare on the merits of guaranteed basic income (GBI). Supported by a 2022-23 grant from the County of Santa Clara through Supervisor Susan Ellenberg’s office with additional support from Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Modeling Guaranteed Basic Income & Household Income Adequacy in Santa Clara County examines how GBI programs can help move families out of poverty and into economic security.
October 25, 2023 - With one of the highest priced housing markets in the country, Silicon Valley’s median home sale price shot up to an all-time high of $1.53 million in 2022. The hottest Silicon Valley housing markets this summer were Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Fremont. Is demand changing the demographics within those sub-regional areas? Joint Venture’s research arm, partnered with Unacast to tap into aggregated mobile device location data. The analysis offers zip-code-level insights on characteristics ranging from age to poverty rate to migration patterns.
October 4, 2023 – According to the 2023 Silicon Valley Poll, Bay Area residents regard housing affordability and homelessness as the most pressing issues and believe the region is off track.
September 15, 2023 – The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley increased to 3.7% in August from 3.4% in July, mirroring the 0.3 percentage point increase in unemployment throughout the Bay Area (3.7% to 4.0%), according to analysis by Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies.
Q2 2023 - The second-quarter analysis from Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies, in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley, shows a weakening attitude toward the market in the first half of 2023 as a barrage of layoff announcements enveloped the technology industry.
The Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies is the research arm of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, and is housed within the organization. Research topics focus on economic and community health issues within Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area, as well as on broader regional issues.
Get comprehensive information and data about Silicon Valley’s economic and community health at siliconvalleyindicators.org.
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