Los Altos vs Los Gatos

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

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

Los Gatos has the higher population (32,773 vs 30,736 in Los Altos). Los Altos has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $207,891 in Los Gatos). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
Population	30,736	32,773
Median age	46.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$207,891
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,969
Housing units	11,620	13,901
Homeownership rate	80.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.2%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
Population	30,504 → 30,736 (+0.8%)	30,729 → 32,773 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$235,278 → $250,001 (+6.3%)	$155,863 → $207,891 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,694,000 → $2,000,001 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,188 → $3,501 (+9.8%)	$2,341 → $2,969 (+26.8%)

Los Altos

Population

30,50430,736

Median household income

$235,278$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,188$3,501

Los Gatos

Population

30,72932,773

Median household income

$155,863$207,891

Median home value

$1,694,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,341$2,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
Under 5	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.1%
75 and over	10.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	65.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	37.4%	19.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	2.9%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	54.9%	36.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
Drove alone	53.5%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	35.2%	29.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
1-unit, detached	81.3%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Los Altos	Los Gatos
Poverty rate	3.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1964	1971