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Los Altos, CA Real Estate Information Center
Los Altos  i/l??s 'ælto?s/ is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,976 according to the 2010 census.
Most of the city's growth occurred between 1950 and 1980. Originally an agricultural town with many summer cottages and apricot orchards, Los Altos is now an affluent bedroom community. Los Altos has several distinctive features. Commercial zones are strictly limited to the downtown area and small shopping and office parks lining Foothill Expressway and El Camino Real.
Forbes places Los Altos (area code 94022 and 94024) as the 63rd and 66th most expensive ZIP codes in the United States, behind such cities as Alpine, NJ, Atherton, CA, and Beverly Hills. This lists median home price around $2,000,000.
Los Altos means "the heights" or "foothill" in Spanish.
Homes for Sale in Los Altos, CA
Los Altos, CA Home Sales Price Trends
| Period |
Total Sold |
Average Price |
Median Price |
| OCT-DEC 2012 |
96 |
$1,793,498 |
$1,739,500 |
Los Altos, CA School Districts
Los Altos, CA School Rankings
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GreatSchools Performance Ratings provide an overview of a school's test performance. Based on a scale of 1-10.
| LOS ALTOS |
9 out of 10 |
| CALIFORNIA |
5 out of 10 |
Los Altos, CA School Parent Ratings
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GreatSchools Review Ratings are the overall ratings that are provided by either a Parent/Guardian, Teacher, Staff, Administrator, Student or Former Student. Based on a scale of 1-5.
Ratings provided by GreatSchools.net
Los Altos, CA Population
Population, household and median age statistics are based primarily on the 2010 US Census data projected forward to the present day.
| Population: |
29,169 |
| Households: |
10,808 |
| Median Age: |
34 |
Los Altos, CA Average Weather (degrees F)
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