Milpitas vs Palo Alto

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

Milpitas and Palo Alto 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 67,231 in Palo Alto). Palo Alto has the higher median household income ($220,408 vs $176,822 in Milpitas). Palo Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,180,000 in Milpitas).

Population, income & housing

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
Population	78,216	67,231
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$176,822	$220,408
Median home value	$1,180,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,112	$3,328
Housing units	25,763	29,104
Homeownership rate	59.3%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
Population	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)	66,573 → 67,231 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)	$158,271 → $220,408 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)	$2,569 → $3,328 (+29.5%)

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

Palo Alto

Population

66,57367,231

Median household income

$158,271$220,408

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,569$3,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.0%
75 and over	5.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	47.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	71.5%	36.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	13.3%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	55.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
Drove alone	62.4%	46.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.9%
Public transit	2.4%	3.1%
Walked	0.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	6.9%
Worked from home	22.5%	33.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	46.0%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	12.0%
20 or more units	19.5%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Milpitas	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1963