Cupertino vs Milpitas

A side-by-side comparison of Cupertino and Milpitas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milpitas has the higher population (78,216 vs 58,886 in Cupertino). Cupertino has the higher median household income ($231,139 vs $176,822 in Milpitas). Cupertino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,180,000 in Milpitas).

Population, income & housing

	Cupertino	Milpitas
Population	58,886	78,216
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$231,139	$176,822
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,180,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,112
Housing units	22,341	25,763
Homeownership rate	61.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cupertino	Milpitas
Population	60,257 → 58,886 (-2.3%)	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$171,917 → $231,139 (+34.4%)	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$1,711,300 → $2,000,001 (+16.9%)	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,163 → $3,501 (+10.7%)	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)

Cupertino

Population

60,25758,886

Median household income

$171,917$231,139

Median home value

$1,711,300$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,163$3,501

Milpitas

Population

79,51778,216

Median household income

$132,320$176,822

Median home value

$858,600$1,180,000

Median gross rent

$2,428$3,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cupertino	Milpitas
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cupertino	Milpitas
White (non-Hispanic)	21.0%	9.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	71.7%	71.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cupertino	Milpitas
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	4.7%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cupertino	Milpitas
Drove alone	62.1%	62.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.1%
Public transit	1.1%	2.4%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	28.3%	22.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cupertino	Milpitas
1-unit, detached	56.6%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	15.0%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cupertino	Milpitas
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.76	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1973	1987