Demographics Information and statistics for Los Altos

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Los Altos Demographics Information

Population: 30,000
Males: 13,352 (48.2%), Females: 14,341 (51.8%)

County: Santa Clara

Land area: 6.4 square miles

Zip codes: 94022..94024.

Median resident age: 44.2 years
Median household income: $108,740
Median house value: $983,000

Races in Los Altos:

White Non-Hispanic (78.2%)
Chinese (8.1%)
Hispanic (3.0%)
Two or more races (2.8%)
Japanese (2.6%)
Asian Indian (2.6%)
Korean (1.0%)
Other race (0.7%)
Other Asian (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (16.4%), English (14.9%), Irish (11.0%), Italian (6.7%), United States (4.0%), French (3.6%).

For population 25 years and over in Los Altos

High school or higher: 97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 71.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 35.8%
Unemployed: 1.8%
Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Los Altos city

Never married: 17.1%
Now married: 69.5%
Separated: 0.8%
Widowed: 6.4%
Divorced: 6.2%

17.5% Foreign born (9.9% Asia, 5.1% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Mountain View, CA (2.0 miles, pop. 70,708).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fremont, CA (14.4 miles, pop. 203,413).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (341.9 miles, pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Loyola, CA (1.2 miles), Mountain View, CA (2.0 miles), Los Altos Hills, CA (2.8 miles), Sunnyvale, CA (4.9 miles), Palo Alto, CA (5.1 miles), Cupertino, CA (5.2 miles), Stanford, CA (6.0 miles), East Palo Alto, CA (7.4 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 28 buildings, average cost: $232,500
1997: 26 buildings, average cost: $323,700
1998: 34 buildings, average cost: $403,900
1999: 46 buildings, average cost: $380,600
2000: 49 buildings, average cost: $479,000
2001: 52 buildings, average cost: $534,700
2002: 59 buildings, average cost: $445,300

Area code: 650

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (26.5%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (21.2%), Educational,health and social services (19.7%).