#3: Palo Alto, CA

Situated at the top of the California’s Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto served as the birthplace for much of the high-tech industry. Hewlett-Packard, Xerox’s PARC, and even geek superstore Fry’s got their start in Palo Alto, which remains a hotbed of technological innovation.

Quick Facts

Average Salary for IT Workers: $88,000
Population: 53,233
High School Graduates: 78.7%
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 74.4%
Mean Travel Time to Work (in minutes): 21.0
Homeownership Rate: 57.2%

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