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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×

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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