Santa Clara vs Milpitas
Santa Clara, CA compared with Milpitas, CA · 6 miles apart
Santa Clara has 133,446 residents to Milpitas’s 78,596. Santa Clara comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Milpitas does better on homeownership, poverty rate, unemployment.
| Santa Clara, CA | Milpitas, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 133,446 | 78,596 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 7,301 | 5,830 |
| Median household income | $178,958 | $178,798 |
| Median home value | $1,582,600 | $1,251,700 |
| Median rent | $3,016 | $3,120 |
| Homeownership | 40.8% | 58.4% |
| Average commute | 22.6 min | 25.8 min |
| Median age | 34.6 | 36.8 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 65.9% | 58.2% |
| Poverty rate | 8.4% | 5.9% |
| Unemployment | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| Price to income | 8.8× | 7× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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