Los Altos, California
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A City of Los Altos entrance marker, located in Lincoln Park just off of Main Street
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 Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California |
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 Los Altos, California
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| Coordinates: 37°22′5″N 122°5′51″W / 37.36806°N 122.09750°WCoordinates: 37°22′5″N 122°5′51″W / 37.36806°N 122.09750°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Santa Clara |
| Incorporated | December 1, 1952 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council/Manager |
| • Mayor | Mary Prochnow |
| • City manager | Christopher Jordan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.487 sq mi (16.80 km2) |
| • Land | 6.487 sq mi (16.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 157 ft (48 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 28,976 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 30,010 |
| • Density | 4,500/sq mi (1,700/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) |
| ZIP codes | 94022–94024 |
| Area code | 650 |
| FIPS code | 06-43280 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659745, 2410876 |
| Website | www |
Los Altos 
i/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.
Homes and other real estate are costly in Los Altos. The median household income of Los Altos for 2009–2013 was $157,907. The average listing price in 2014 was $1.96 million. In 2015, Forbes put Los Altos (ZIP codes 94022 and 94024) as the 11th and 57th most expensive ZIP codes in the United States.
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