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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.98% 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 downside of living in Cypress, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.45 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Cypress ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Cypress, 48.48% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Cypress in 2022 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.

Cypress also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.92%.

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