Cupertino vs Santa Clara

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

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

Santa Clara has the higher population (129,239 vs 58,886 in Cupertino). Cupertino has the higher median household income ($231,139 vs $173,670 in Santa Clara). Cupertino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,527,900 in Santa Clara).

Population, income & housing

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
Population	58,886	129,239
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$231,139	$173,670
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,527,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,985
Housing units	22,341	51,886
Homeownership rate	61.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
Population	60,257 → 58,886 (-2.3%)	127,721 → 129,239 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$171,917 → $231,139 (+34.4%)	$126,006 → $173,670 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$1,711,300 → $2,000,001 (+16.9%)	$1,034,000 → $1,527,900 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,163 → $3,501 (+10.7%)	$2,396 → $2,985 (+24.6%)

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

Santa Clara

Population

127,721129,239

Median household income

$126,006$173,670

Median home value

$1,034,000$1,527,900

Median gross rent

$2,396$2,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	23.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	6.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	21.0%	28.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	71.7%	47.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	4.7%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
Drove alone	62.1%	61.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.4%
Public transit	1.1%	2.5%
Walked	2.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	28.3%	23.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	56.6%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	15.1%
20 or more units	15.0%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cupertino	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1973	1973