Milpitas vs Sunnyvale

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

Milpitas 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 78,216 in Milpitas). Sunnyvale has the higher median household income ($181,862 vs $176,822 in Milpitas). Sunnyvale has the higher median home value ($1,816,600 vs $1,180,000 in Milpitas).

Population, income & housing

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
Population	78,216	153,455
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$176,822	$181,862
Median home value	$1,180,000	$1,816,600
Median gross rent	$3,112	$3,065
Housing units	25,763	61,808
Homeownership rate	59.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
Population	79,517 → 78,216 (-1.6%)	152,770 → 153,455 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$132,320 → $176,822 (+33.6%)	$140,631 → $181,862 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$858,600 → $1,180,000 (+37.4%)	$1,223,600 → $1,816,600 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $3,112 (+28.2%)	$2,508 → $3,065 (+22.2%)

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

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)

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	23.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.7%
75 and over	5.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	27.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	71.5%	49.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.3%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	62.4%	55.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.7%
Public transit	2.4%	4.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	22.5%	27.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	46.0%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	19.5%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Milpitas	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1975