California · Census place 77000
Sunnyvale city, CA
Quick answer
Sunnyvale city has 153,455 residents, ranking #36 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $181,862, the median home is worth $1,816,600 and median gross rent runs $3,065 a month.
- Population
- 153,455Sunnyvale city residents
- Median household income
- $181,862Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,816,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,065Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 43.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Sunnyvale city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sunnyvale city median would spend about 20.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 10.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 43.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Torrance city 143,499
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