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Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Palo Alto City & Los Altos Hills Town PUMA, CA

104,893 Population
70.3 square miles 1,492.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$106,539 ±$8,172 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • more than double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$224,154 ±$22,990 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.2% ±3.1% (6,291  ±2,763) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.8 minutes ±0.8 (774,790  ±80,217) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

35,099 ±1,990 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (87,705  ±3,460) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±2% (971  ±564) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,432 ±2,371 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.6% ±3.6% (21,432  ±3,811.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97% ±3.4% (65,429  ±4,051.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
85.7% ±3.6% (57,862  ±3,820.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

40.9% ±2.3% (38,887  ±2,206.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.4% 16,478,818 (±0.2% / ±54,452.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

36.7% ±3.1% (38,502  ±3,505) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.5% ±0.7% (1,293  ±575) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,293 Total veterans ±575 1,165 Male ±500 128 Female ±214

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