Cupertino vs Mountain View

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (82,363 vs 58,886 in Cupertino). Cupertino has the higher median household income ($231,139 vs $179,917 in Mountain View). Cupertino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,927,400 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Cupertino	Mountain View
Population	58,886	82,363
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$231,139	$179,917
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,927,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,975
Housing units	22,341	38,770
Homeownership rate	61.3%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cupertino	Mountain View
Population	60,257 → 58,886 (-2.3%)	81,656 → 82,363 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$171,917 → $231,139 (+34.4%)	$139,720 → $179,917 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$1,711,300 → $2,000,001 (+16.9%)	$1,413,500 → $1,927,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,163 → $3,501 (+10.7%)	$2,456 → $2,975 (+21.1%)

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

Mountain View

Population

81,65682,363

Median household income

$139,720$179,917

Median home value

$1,413,500$1,927,400

Median gross rent

$2,456$2,975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cupertino	Mountain View
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	22.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cupertino	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	21.0%	39.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	71.7%	34.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cupertino	Mountain View
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	4.7%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cupertino	Mountain View
Drove alone	62.1%	52.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.7%
Public transit	1.1%	4.1%
Walked	2.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	4.9%
Worked from home	28.3%	27.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cupertino	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	56.6%	27.1%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	16.8%
20 or more units	15.0%	31.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Cupertino	Mountain View
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1973	1974