SJSU housing on The Alameda: the stretch between campus and Diridon

If you are searching for SJSU housing on The Alameda, you are looking at the street that runs west from downtown San Jose toward Santa Clara. This guide covers what our current San Jose off-campus listings show, what students posted in local housing groups, and what to ask before you sign for a place anywhere in that part of the city.

Straight answer first: none of our current listings is identified, by its title or its address, as being on The Alameda, and we are not going to guess which of our listings are close to it. The listings below are clearly labelled comparisons, each with its own Distance by Car field, which is how listers on Off-Campus Universe describe the trip to campus. We do not have walk, bike or train times for any of them, so you will not find those numbers here.

Begin your search at Off-Campus Universe, where you can browse current listings near San Jose.

Right now you can check out real listings near San Jose, including Modern 3/2 w/AC, Laundry, WiFi, Garage at $8,450/month, Fully renovated 3bed, 1.5miles from SJSU at $5,500/month, Fully furnished home 3/2 baths near SJSU at $5,700/month, and Modern 2.5 Bedroom House in Japantown at $5,980/month.

San Jose listings at a glance

Here is what each listing's own fields say. Modern 3/2 w/AC, Laundry, WiFi, Garage is a furnished listing with 3 beds and 2 baths at $8,450/month on a lease listed as Biannual lease (6 months), with a Timing of Lease of 6/15/2026 and a Distance by Car of 5 to 10 minutes. Fully renovated 3bed, 1.5miles from SJSU is a furnished unit with 3 beds and 1.5 baths at $5,500/month, with a lease type listed as monthly, a Timing of Lease of 9/1/2026 and a Distance by Car of under 5 minutes. Fully furnished home 3/2 baths near SJSU is a furnished house with 3 beds and 2 baths at $5,700/month, with a Timing of Lease of 8/23/2026 and a Distance by Car of more than 10 minutes; its lease type field does not state a fixed term, so ask the lister what length they expect. Modern 2.5 Bedroom House in Japantown is furnished and listed with 3 beds and 2 baths at $5,980/month on a 4 month lease, with a Timing of Lease of 9/1/2026 and a Distance by Car of 5 to 10 minutes; its title says 2.5 bedrooms while its bed count says 3, so confirm the layout with the lister. None of the four is listed as rent by room.

All four are listed with 3 beds, so they are most useful to a group comparing lease lengths, from a 4 month term and a monthly arrangement through to a full year. If you are looking for a single room rather than a whole place, keep an eye on the listings page, and use these as a reference for what the lease terms of larger units look like. When you compare these listings, look closely at the lease type field as well as the price. A monthly arrangement gives you flexibility but can also mean the terms change at short notice, while a 4 month lease fits a single semester but leaves you searching again soon after. A year lease gives you the most certainty, at the cost of being tied in for longer. Work out which of those suits your plans before you look at rent, because the lowest monthly figure is not always the best fit for your term.

SJSU housing on The Alameda: what students posted

When it comes to SJSU housing on The Alameda, the street was named in 5 of the 50 student posts from local San Jose housing groups that our keyword file reviewed for Oct 12-16 2026. In those same student posts, Diridon Station was named in 7 and VTA in 6, and the word "accommodation" appeared in 16. Across those student posts, the median rent people quoted was $1,400 per person, based on 36 figures; that is what students typed into their own posts, not Off-Campus Universe listing data and not a market rate, and it is not specific to The Alameda. In the same student posts, in-unit laundry came up 38% of the time, a pool or gym 32% of the time and ASAP or available-now urgency 28% of the time, while the 2b2b and the 2 bedroom were the floor plans named most often (7 posts each).

The keyword file also notes that one apartment building on The Alameda came up in student posts but has no live listing with us, so we are not covering it here. If a place on The Alameda is what you want, the student posts are a sign that people do post there; the rest is a matter of checking each offer carefully. If you find an offer on The Alameda through a housing group, ask the person posting for the exact address, the lease terms and whether they are the tenant or the owner, and do not send a deposit before you have seen the place and a written agreement. Ask, too, how many people share the home and which spaces are shared, because terms like "accommodation" can cover anything from a private room to a shared one.

Tips for renting along The Alameda

• Ask the lister for the exact address and make the trip to campus yourself at the times you would travel, rather than relying on a description of the location.

• For short terms such as a 4 month or monthly lease, confirm the end date in writing and ask whether the lease can be extended and at what rent.

• If a place is listed as furnished, ask for a list of what is included, and confirm which utilities and services are covered and which you pay separately.

• For a whole house, confirm whether the price is for the entire home, how the lease is signed by a group, and how the deposit is split and returned.

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