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Los Altos Hills, California: commercial real estate data.
Los Altos Hills is a Census town of 8,377 people across 9.07 square miles of land, in Santa Clara County. Median household income is $250,001, 93.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Los Altos Hills
What Los Altos Hills is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.07 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land924
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanta Clara County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Altos Hills
How many people live in Los Altos Hills
- Population8,377
- Median age53.6
- Population under 181,646
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,590
- Share 65 and over30.9 percent
- Households3,025
- Family households2,511
- Share of households that are families83.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Altos Hills
Income and work in Los Altos Hills
- Median household income$250,001
- Per capita income$165,337
- Civilian labor force3,696
- Employed3,568
- Unemployed128 plus or minus 64
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over6,326
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher84.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Altos Hills
Housing in Los Altos Hills
- Housing units3,363
- Occupied units3,025
- Vacant units338 plus or minus 133
- Vacancy rate10.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied2,826
- Renter occupied199 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate93.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$2,000,001
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,501
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units3,363
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Altos Hills
How Los Altos Hills gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,973
- Commuting under 15 minutes304 plus or minus 102
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more889 plus or minus 299
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.1 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Drove alone48.4 percent
- Carpooled1.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home44.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Los Altos Hills
Flood risk in Los Altos Hills
- NFIP communityTown of Los Altos Hills
- NFIP community number060342
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date05/18/09
The Town of Los Altos Hills participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 060342 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Santa Clara County, not Los Altos Hills
Santa Clara County context, not Los Altos Hills figures
- Establishments in Santa Clara County49,154
- Covered employment, Santa Clara County1,116,581
- Average annual pay, Santa Clara County$197,043
- Housing units permitted, Santa Clara County3,834
Every figure in this section is published for Santa Clara County as a whole and is not a measurement of Los Altos Hills.
All Santa Clara County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Los Altos Hills questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Los Altos Hills, California?
8,377, in 3,025 households. Los Altos Hills town covers 9.07 square miles of land, which is 924 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Los Altos Hills in?
Santa Clara County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Los Altos Hills?
$250,001. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $2,000,001. Median gross rent is $3,501 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Los Altos Hills in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Los Altos Hills appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Los Altos Hills, town of, community 060342, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Los Altos Hills figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Santa Clara County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Los Altos Hills.
Is zoning published for Los Altos Hills?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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