How Sunnyvale is built — and why it changes the price
Around 157,000 people live in Sunnyvale's 22 square miles — about 7,108 per square mile. The mix runs from walk-up blocks to streets where a truck can back straight up to the door.
Neither houses nor flats dominate Sunnyvale — 36% detached, 38% in blocks of five or more. Local pros here quote both kinds every week, which is useful: they will ask the right questions.
Renters hold 56% of occupied homes in Sunnyvale and owners the rest, which splits the work in two: fast move-out hauls on one side, and the slower kind on the other — a garage that filled up over fifteen years. The median Sunnyvale home dates to 1975, which usually means a building with a service lift and a loading area — but also one with rules about which hours you may use them.
The nearest places we also cover are Santa Clara (3.5 miles), Fremont (8.8 miles) and San Jose (13 miles). That is not trivia: a hauler finishing a job one town over is a short run from your kerb, and being close is the cheapest advantage a pro can have when bidding.