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Santa Cruz vs Cupertino

Santa Cruz, CA compared with Cupertino, CA · 24 miles apart

Santa Cruz has 61,797 residents to Cupertino’s 58,333. Santa Cruz comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Cupertino does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Santa Cruz, CA Cupertino, CA
Population 61,797 58,333
Density (per sq mi) 4,850 5,144
Median household income $115,475 $234,707
Median home value $1,209,000 $2,000,001
Median rent $2,452 $3,501
Homeownership 48.4% 60.6%
Average commute 22.8 min 23.6 min
Median age 31.1 41.7
Bachelor's degree + 57.6% 82.2%
Poverty rate 17% 4.1%
Unemployment 7.2% 4%
Price to income 10.5× 8.5×

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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