Mountain View vs Sunnyvale

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

Mountain View 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 82,363 in Mountain View). Sunnyvale has the higher median household income ($181,862 vs $179,917 in Mountain View). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($1,927,400 vs $1,816,600 in Sunnyvale).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
Population	82,363	153,455
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$179,917	$181,862
Median home value	$1,927,400	$1,816,600
Median gross rent	$2,975	$3,065
Housing units	38,770	61,808
Homeownership rate	38.8%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
Population	81,656 → 82,363 (+0.9%)	152,770 → 153,455 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$139,720 → $179,917 (+28.8%)	$140,631 → $181,862 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$1,413,500 → $1,927,400 (+36.4%)	$1,223,600 → $1,816,600 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,456 → $2,975 (+21.1%)	$2,508 → $3,065 (+22.2%)

Mountain View

Population

81,65682,363

Median household income

$139,720$179,917

Median home value

$1,413,500$1,927,400

Median gross rent

$2,456$2,975

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)

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	22.4%	23.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.7%
75 and over	5.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	27.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	34.4%	49.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	8.1%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	44.6%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	52.8%	55.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.7%
Public transit	4.1%	4.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	4.9%	1.5%
Worked from home	27.9%	27.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	27.1%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	13.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	14.6%
20 or more units	31.8%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Mountain View	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1974	1975