Milpitas vs Santa Clara

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

Milpitas 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 78,216 in Milpitas). Milpitas has the higher median household income ($176,822 vs $173,670 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($1,527,900 vs $1,180,000 in Milpitas).

Population, income & housing

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
Population	78,216	129,239
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$176,822	$173,670
Median home value	$1,180,000	$1,527,900
Median gross rent	$3,112	$2,985
Housing units	25,763	51,886
Homeownership rate	59.3%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
Population	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)	127,721 → 129,239 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)	$126,006 → $173,670 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)	$1,034,000 → $1,527,900 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)	$2,396 → $2,985 (+24.6%)

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

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)

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	23.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	28.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	71.5%	47.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	13.3%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
Drove alone	62.4%	61.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.4%
Public transit	2.4%	2.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	22.5%	23.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	46.0%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	15.1%
20 or more units	19.5%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Milpitas	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1973