Humidity & wind
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Population
78,596
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$1,251,700
Owner-occupied units
Milpitas, CA
California · 37.433° N, 121.891° W · 13 sq mi
Milpitas is a city in California, with a population of 78,596 and about 5,830 residents per square mile. The median household earns $178,798 a year, and the median home is worth $1,251,700.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
13 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
5,830
People per square mile
Rank by population
#503
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#766
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$178,798
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$3,120
Per month
Homeownership
58.4%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
25.8 min
One way
People
Median age
36.8
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
58.2%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
55.4%
Households
25,066
3.06 people each
What people here do for work
Professional & business services 24.5%
Manufacturing 23.5%
Education & health care 16.4%
Retail trade 8%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in California
Name
Mark Zuckerberg
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$189B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Palo Alto
Source of wealth
Meta
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in California · private sector
Employer
University of California
Sector
Education
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in California
Company
Apple
Revenue
$391.0B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Cupertino
Ticker
AAPL
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of California
State bird
California Quail
State flower
California Poppy
State capital
Sacramento
Nickname
The Golden State
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Cities near Milpitas
- Fremont, CA5 mi · 226,442
- Santa Clara, CA6 mi · 133,446
- Sunnyvale, CA8 mi · 156,577
- San Jose, CA10 mi · 989,814
- Mountain View, CA11 mi · 85,438
- Cupertino, CA12 mi · 58,333
- Palo Alto, CA14 mi · 67,609
- Union City, CA14 mi · 65,282
Cities about the same size
- Wyoming, MI78,588
- Parma, OH78,581
- Bowling Green, KY78,505
- Bloomington, IL78,804
- Mableton, GA78,820
- Maricopa, AZ78,362
- Missoula, MT78,903
- Plymouth, MN78,942
More in California
- Los Angeles3,869,089
- San Diego1,406,106
- San Francisco826,079
- Fresno555,549
- Sacramento536,449
- Long Beach450,469
- Oakland440,838
- Bakersfield422,165