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Milpitas, CA
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Milpitas profile


Living in Milpitas



Milpitas is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 77,738 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Milpitas is the 108th largest community in California.

Milpitas home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Milpitas real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Milpitas has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Milpitas, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Milpitas is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Milpitas a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

If knowledge is power, Milpitas is a pretty powerful place. 56.19% of the adults in Milpitas have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Milpitas in 2018 was $61,826, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $247,304 for a family of four.

Milpitas is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Milpitas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Milpitas residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Milpitas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Milpitas include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Portuguese.

In addition, Milpitas has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (53.69%).

The most common language spoken in Milpitas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Vietnamese.