Cypress vs Placentia

A side-by-side comparison of Cypress and Placentia: population, income, housing, and more.

Cypress and Placentia are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Placentia has the higher population (52,384 vs 49,531 in Cypress). Cypress has the higher median household income ($124,167 vs $110,575 in Placentia). Placentia has the higher median home value ($871,000 vs $870,100 in Cypress).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress	Placentia
Population	49,531	52,384
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,167	$110,575
Median home value	$870,100	$871,000
Median gross rent	$2,454	$2,267
Housing units	16,514	17,545
Homeownership rate	67.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress	Placentia
Population	48,893 → 49,531 (+1.3%)	51,818 → 52,384 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$93,137 → $124,167 (+33.3%)	$95,757 → $110,575 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $870,100 (+37.5%)	$630,500 → $871,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,890 → $2,454 (+29.8%)	$1,792 → $2,267 (+26.5%)

Cypress

Population

48,89349,531

Median household income

$93,137$124,167

Median home value

$632,900$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,890$2,454

Placentia

Population

51,81852,384

Median household income

$95,757$110,575

Median home value

$630,500$871,000

Median gross rent

$1,792$2,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cypress	Placentia
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress	Placentia
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	38.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	37.2%	18.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress	Placentia
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	14.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress	Placentia
Drove alone	70.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress	Placentia
1-unit, detached	60.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	10.6%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cypress	Placentia
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.5%
Average household size	3.08	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1971	1976