Cupertino

Population & Demographics

Cupertino, CA

Cupertino is home to 58,566 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,161 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
58,566
people
Population

58,566 residents

Median age 41.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Cupertino population & demographics

Who lives in Cupertino — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
58,566
Median age
41.7yrs
Median household income
$234,707
Median home value
$2,000,001
Median gross rent
$3,501/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
82.2%
Poverty rate
4.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Cupertino

How Cupertino breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian70.8%
White20.4%
Hispanic or Latino4.4%
Two or more races3.1%
Black0.5%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Cupertino

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Cupertino.

Cupertino at a glance
Employed Residents
28,161
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
31.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Jose
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cupertino proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cupertino commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

62 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cupertino

28,161 commutes, one dot at a time

Cupertino

Where 28,161 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cupertino, by worker count.

1San Jose9.0 mi5,050
2Cupertino0.0 mi3,203
3Sunnyvale3.9 mi2,545
4Santa Clara4.6 mi2,406
5Mountain View5.6 mi1,920
6San Francisco37.4 mi1,807
7Palo Alto9.4 mi1,633
8Menlo Park12.1 mi876

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cupertino.

1San Jose9.0 mi15,919
2Sunnyvale3.9 mi4,489
3San Francisco37.4 mi4,385
4Santa Clara4.6 mi3,784
5Cupertino0.0 mi3,203
6Fremont15.5 mi1,794
7Mountain View5.6 mi1,652
8Campbell5.3 mi1,143

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cupertino’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing68.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%
EDEducational Services5.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance4.3%
RTRetail Trade2.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.0%
FIFinance and Insurance1.4%
INInformation1.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Cupertino

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Cupertino

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