Tag: Los Altos
Los Altos /lɔːs ˈæltoʊs/ 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) as the 24th most expensive ZIP code in the United States, behind such cities as Alpine, NJ, Atherton, CA, and Beverly Hills. This lists median home price as over $2,500,000.
Los Altos means “the heights” or “foothill” in Spanish.
Los Altos is located at 37°22′5″N 122°5′51″W / 37.36806°N 122.0975°W / 37.36806; -122.0975 (37.36819, −122.097511)….
