Los Gatos vs Stanford

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

Los Gatos and Stanford 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 17,958 in Stanford). Los Gatos has the higher median household income ($207,891 vs $70,651 in Stanford). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Los Gatos	Stanford
Population	32,773	17,958
Median age	45.2 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$207,891	$70,651
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,969	$1,925
Housing units	13,901	4,325
Homeownership rate	62.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	91.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Gatos	Stanford
Population	30,729 → 32,773 (+6.7%)	16,326 → 17,958 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$155,863 → $207,891 (+33.4%)	$58,906 → $70,651 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$1,694,000 → $2,000,001 (+18.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,341 → $2,969 (+26.8%)	$1,617 → $1,925 (+19.0%)

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

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 Gatos	Stanford
Under 5	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	4.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	56.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	24.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	3.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	2.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	4.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	1.4%
75 and over	11.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Gatos	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	45.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.1%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Gatos	Stanford
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	5.8%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.7%	58.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Gatos	Stanford
Drove alone	60.5%	18.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.5%	2.8%
Walked	2.6%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	30.2%
Worked from home	29.8%	21.4%
Other means	1.3%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Gatos	Stanford
1-unit, detached	55.1%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	14.0%
20 or more units	13.5%	49.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Gatos	Stanford
Poverty rate	4.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.54	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1971	1982