Los Altos vs Saratoga

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

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

Los Altos has the higher population (30,736 vs 30,335 in Saratoga). Los Altos has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $241,348 in Saratoga). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Los Altos	Saratoga
Population	30,736	30,335
Median age	46.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$241,348
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	11,620	11,404
Homeownership rate	80.8%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	87.2%	81.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Altos	Saratoga
Population	30,504 → 30,736 (+0.8%)	30,697 → 30,335 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$235,278 → $250,001 (+6.3%)	$191,677 → $241,348 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,188 → $3,501 (+9.8%)	$3,091 → $3,501 (+13.3%)

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

Saratoga

Population

30,69730,335

Median household income

$191,677$241,348

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,091$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Altos	Saratoga
Under 5	4.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.0%
75 and over	10.6%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Altos	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	33.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	37.4%	59.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Altos	Saratoga
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	2.9%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	54.9%	47.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Altos	Saratoga
Drove alone	53.5%	57.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.6%
Public transit	1.4%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	35.2%	35.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Altos	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	81.3%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	8.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Los Altos	Saratoga
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1964	1967