Los Altos Hills vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Los Altos Hills and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

Los Altos Hills and Stanford are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stanford has the higher population (17,958 vs 8,367 in Los Altos Hills). Los Altos Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $70,651 in Stanford). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
Population	8,367	17,958
Median age	53.5 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$70,651
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,925
Housing units	3,430	4,325
Homeownership rate	95.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.6%	91.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
Population	8,505 → 8,367 (-1.6%)	16,326 → 17,958 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$58,906 → $70,651 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,674 → $3,501 (+30.9%)	$1,617 → $1,925 (+19.0%)

Los Altos Hills

Population

8,5058,367

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,674$3,501

Stanford

Population

16,32617,958

Median household income

$58,906$70,651

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,617$1,925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
Under 5	4.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	4.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	56.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	24.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	2.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	4.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	1.4%
75 and over	15.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	45.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	39.3%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	3.7%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	53.6%	58.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
Drove alone	51.2%	18.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	2.5%
Public transit	1.2%	2.8%
Walked	1.8%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	30.2%
Worked from home	42.9%	21.4%
Other means	0.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
1-unit, detached	98.3%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	49.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Altos Hills	Stanford
Poverty rate	4.5%	18.2%
Average household size	2.73	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1976	1982