Milpitas Real Estate: Silicon Valley’s Most Connected City

Milpitas is the most transportation-connected residential community in Santa Clara County, a city of approximately 80,000 residents at the northeastern edge of the county where the BART extension completed in 2020 now provides direct rail access to San Francisco, Oakland, and the East Bay from two stations within the city — the Milpitas BART station at the Transit Center and the Berryessa/North San Jose BART station at the county border. The BART connectivity has transformed Milpitas’s residential positioning from a bedroom community primarily accessible by car to a transit-oriented residential hub where the car-free commute to San Francisco or Oakland employment has become a viable daily reality for Milpitas residents, supporting the residential demand and price appreciation that transit-adjacent locations have historically generated in the Bay Area market.

The city’s position at the intersection of Interstate 880 and Interstate 680, adjacent to the Great Mall of the Bay Area (one of the largest enclosed malls in Northern California), and within minutes of both San Jose and the Fremont border in Alameda County, creates the regional accessibility that makes Milpitas an attractive base for buyers whose employment or family connections span multiple Bay Area counties. The Alviso neighborhood in the southwest portion of Milpitas and the broader Milpitas area adjacent to the San Francisco Bay provide the environmental character of the Bay shoreline, including the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge access that gives Milpitas residents direct access to one of the Bay’s most significant wildlife habitats.

Milpitas Unified School District serves the city’s students for K-12 education. The district’s demographics reflect the city’s position as one of the most ethnically diverse communities in Santa Clara County, with a high concentration of Vietnamese-American and South Asian families among the residents. Milpitas High School and Thomas Russell Middle School serve the secondary students.

Market Position

$900K-$1.4M: Entry Milpitas. Condominiums, townhomes, and older single-family homes, particularly in the western and central portions of the city, at the most accessible price points in Santa Clara County.

$1.4M-$2.2M: The primary Milpitas range. Single-family homes in the established residential areas with the BART connectivity and the regional accessibility.

$2.2M-$3.5M+: Premium Milpitas. The most desirable residential positions, the newest construction, and the largest homes in the transit-oriented development areas near the BART stations.

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