Cypress is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 49,243 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Cypress is the 184th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Cypress are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In Cypress, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.45 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Cypress is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 48.48% of adults in Cypress have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Cypress in 2018 was $46,827, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,308 for a family of four. However, Cypress contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cypress is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cypress home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cypress residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Cypress also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cypress include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Cypress's cultural character, accounting for 29.92% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Cypress is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.