Los Altos is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 27,585 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Los Altos is the 253rd largest community in California.

Los Altos is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Los Altos is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Altos who work in management occupations (25.81%), sales jobs (9.90%), and computer science and math (8.75%).

Also of interest is that Los Altos has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Los Altos is also a city of artists. Los Altos has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Los Altos's character.

Los Altos, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Los Altos is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Los Altos is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Los Altos's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small city, Los Altos does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Los Altos Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Los Altos, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Los Altos is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.30% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Los Altos in 2000 was $66,776, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $267,104 for a family of four. However, Los Altos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Los Altos is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Los Altos home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Los Altos is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Los Altos include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, Russian, and European.

In addition, Los Altos has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.61%).

The most common language spoken in Los Altos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.