Milpitas

Population & Demographics

Milpitas, CA

Milpitas is home to 78,578 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 41,986 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
78,578
people
Population

78,578 residents

Median age 36.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Milpitas population & demographics

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

Population
78,578
Median age
36.8yrs
Median household income
$178,798
Median home value
$1,251,700
Median gross rent
$3,120/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
58.2%
Poverty rate
5.9%

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 Milpitas

How Milpitas 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).

Asian71.5%
Hispanic or Latino13.4%
White10.1%
Two or more races2.6%
Black1.8%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Milpitas

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 Milpitas.

Milpitas at a glance
Employed Residents
41,986
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
25.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Jose
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Milpitas 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 Milpitas 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

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

Milpitas

41,986 commutes, one dot at a time

Milpitas

Where 41,986 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1San Jose8.8 mi10,849
2Milpitas0.0 mi4,390
3Santa Clara6.6 mi3,566
4Fremont8.7 mi3,065
5Sunnyvale8.1 mi2,734
6San Francisco37.2 mi1,646
7Mountain View10.5 mi1,605
8Palo Alto13.3 mi1,596

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Milpitas.

1San Jose8.8 mi14,456
2Milpitas0.0 mi4,390
3Fremont8.7 mi2,707
4Sunnyvale8.1 mi1,431
5Santa Clara6.6 mi1,417
6San Francisco37.2 mi708
7Hayward17.5 mi636
8Union City13.7 mi581

Top industries

The sectors that employ Milpitas’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%)
MFManufacturing23.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services14.0%
RTRetail Trade10.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.4%
COConstruction7.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.3%
WSWholesale Trade5.1%
EDEducational Services3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Milpitas

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

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps40%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Milpitas

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