Los Altos

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	19,696	100%
In households	19,565	99%
In group quarters	131	1%
RACE
White	19,449	99%
Negro	25	0%
Other races	11	0%
Indian	2	0%
Japanese	137	1%
Chinese	66	0%
Filipino	6	0%
SEX
Male	9,589	49%
Female	10,107	51%
AGE
Under 5 years	1,831	9%
5 to 17 years	5,963	30%
18 to 64 years	10,374	53%
65 years and over	1,528	8%
Median age	32	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	5,213	100%
With own children under 18	3,383	65%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	5,898	100%
All occupied units	5,644	96%
Owner occupied	4,974	88%
Renter occupied	670	12%
Vacant	254	4%
Median value dollars	26,000	X
Median gross rent dollars	130	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	18,276	93%
Foreign born	1,420	7%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	11,033	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	11,157	100%
High school 4 years	3,178	28%
College 4 years or more	3,149	28%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	6,821	100%
Private automobile or car pool	5,749	84%
Railroad, subway or elevated	359	5%
Bus or streetcar	12	0%
Walked to work	198	3%
Other means	174	3%
Worked at home	202	3%
Not reported	127	2%
OCCUPATION
Employed	6,902	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	2,127	31%
Farmers and farm managers	59	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	1,074	16%
Clerical and kindred	998	14%
Sales	803	12%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	711	10%
Operatives and kindred	304	4%
Private household workers	168	2%
Service workers, except private household	350	5%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	23	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	136	2%
Occupation not reported	149	2%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	930	14%