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Los Altos, CA

30,736 Population
6.5 square miles 4,699.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$142,907 ±$10,207 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $75,895 ±$667
  • more than double the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$250,001 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $157,444 ±$1,809
  • more than double the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

3.1% ±1.4% (949  ±412) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 6.9% 133,588 (±0.3% / ±5,712)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.9 minutes ±2.5 (197,935  ±14,709) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 27.3 21,496,460 (±0.1 / ±191,405)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

10,756 ±307 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 674,655 ±1,695
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.8 ±0.1 (30,440  ±43) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 1,929,836 (±0 / ±422)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

2.9% ±1.5% (172  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 21,095 (±0.2% / ±1,115)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

11,620 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 715,146 ±476
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,342,700 ±$14,716
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

11.5% ±1.8% (3,518  ±548.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 14% 272,120 (±0.3% / ±6,546.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

99% ±3.2% (21,022  ±823) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.1% 1,231,514 (±0.6% / ±8,019)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
87.2% ±3% (18,509  ±759.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 54.8% 757,313 (±0.5% / ±6,215.8)
  • more than double the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

34.6% ±2.1% (10,631  ±645) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 40.3% 793,406
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

2.7% ±0.6% (616  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 43,237 (±0.1% / ±1,314)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
616 Total veterans ±128 537 Male ±120 79 Female ±59

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