The City of Milpitas is located near the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, forty-five miles south of San Francisco. With a population over 65,000, Milpitas is a progressive community that is an integral part of the high tech Silicon Valley. Milpitas features quality schools, conveniently located neighborhood parks and shopping centers and a population rich in diversity.
Incorporated in 1954, Milpitas is a general law city operating under the City Council/City Manager form of government with over 600 employees. Milpitas is a creative, forward-thinking city providing quality police, fire, water, streets, parks, engineering, planning and recreation services.
Milpitas is an affluent community. The 2000 U.S. Census reported the median family household income in Milpitas was $93,531. More than 70% of Milpitas households have an annual income that exceeds $50,000. The homeownership rate is 73% with a median home value of $429,000. Though home prices increased 4.6% during 2002, Milpitas’ housing market remains affordable relative to the majority of Santa Clara County. Milpitas residents are also well educated with more than a third having a college or graduate degree.
Milpitas is an ethnically diverse community. In 2000, Asians constituted 52% of the population with Filipino the largest Asian group at 15%. Caucasians were 24%, Hispanic 17% and African-American were 3%.
Milpitas has a large daytime population of over 62,000 workers. The two largest employers in Milpitas are Cisco Systems and Lifescan, Inc. with over 2,500 employees apiece.
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