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Sunnyvale, CA

151,973 Population
22.1 square miles 6,889 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$102,548 ±$6,111 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $76,793 ±$1,549
  • more than double the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$189,443 ±$16,789 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $153,202 ±$3,027
  • about double the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

5% ±1.6% (7,538  ±2,418) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.5% 143,313 (±0.7% / ±12,787)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

23.8 minutes ±1.5 (1,794,385  ±142,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 27.6 23,443,704 (±0.3 / ±410,238)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

58,756 ±2,276 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 685,743 ±3,893
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.6 ±0.1 (150,650  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 1,904,164 (±0 / ±628)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

7.2% ±2.8% (2,743  ±1,071) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 5% † 23,478 (±0.6% / ±2,681)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

62,532 ±2,524 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 725,621 ±255
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,739,100 ±$125,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,393,400 ±$30,187
  • more than double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

23% ±3.8% (34,375  ±5,623.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 13.7% 263,581 (±0.8% / ±14,618.6)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

96% ±4.3% (105,673  ±5,591.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 1,233,719 (±1.3% / ±17,709.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
71.9% ±3.8% (79,198  ±4,714.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 55.8% 769,031 (±1% / ±13,145.3)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

50.5% ±2.7% (76,706  ±4,123) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 41.4% † 805,026 (±11,812.9% / ±12,806)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

2.7% ±0.9% (3,237  ±1,144) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.4% 37,934 (±0.2% / ±2,784)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
3,237 Total veterans ±1,144 3,116 Male ±1,143 121 Female ±130

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