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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Los Altos is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Los Altos a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Los Altos has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local 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.

Los Altos also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.61%.

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