Cupertino vs Sunnyvale

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

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

Sunnyvale has the higher population (153,455 vs 58,886 in Cupertino). Cupertino has the higher median household income ($231,139 vs $181,862 in Sunnyvale). Cupertino has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,816,600 in Sunnyvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
Population	58,886	153,455
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$231,139	$181,862
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,816,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,065
Housing units	22,341	61,808
Homeownership rate	61.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
Population	60,257 → 58,886 (-2.3%)	152,770 → 153,455 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$171,917 → $231,139 (+34.4%)	$140,631 → $181,862 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$1,711,300 → $2,000,001 (+16.9%)	$1,223,600 → $1,816,600 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,163 → $3,501 (+10.7%)	$2,508 → $3,065 (+22.2%)

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

Sunnyvale

Population

152,770153,455

Median household income

$140,631$181,862

Median home value

$1,223,600$1,816,600

Median gross rent

$2,508$3,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	23.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.7%
75 and over	6.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	21.0%	27.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	71.7%	49.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	4.7%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	62.1%	55.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.7%
Public transit	1.1%	4.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.5%
Worked from home	28.3%	27.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	56.6%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	14.6%
20 or more units	15.0%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Cupertino	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1973	1975