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The town's zoning regulations are among the strictest in California, requiring a minimum lot size of one acre, setbacks from the property boundary, and easements for public pathways. The town is set in rugged terrain which offers excellent views of the San Francisco Bay Area. Along with the additional factor of California's chronic housing shortage, the result is that homes in Los Altos Hills routinely sell for amounts in excess of $2 million.

In a comical attempt to comply with California's affordable housing laws, the town government occasionally encourages residents to let servants live in on-site cottages or guest rooms, so that those spaces can be counted as affordable housing units.

The town's most famous residents are the Packard family, as in the descendants of David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard. Barry Bonds also resided briefly in Los Altos Hills during 2001.

The town has no commercial or industrial zones and is dependent on the adjacent city of Los Altos and the county government for many services. The town's only large-scale commercial operation is the student store on the campus of Foothill College. Foothill is the primary community college for the northwest corner of Silicon Valley, and is somewhat well-known among architects for its unusual Japanese-inspired architecture.

1 Geography

Los Altos Hills is located at 37°22'17" North, 122°8'15" West (37.371390, -122.137605) ¹.

According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the town has a total area of 22.3 km² (8.6 mi²This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 22.3 km² (8.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

2 Demographics

As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f ² of 2000, there are 7,902 people, 2,740 households, and 2,339 families residing in the town. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 353.9/km² (917.2/mi²). There are 2,816 housing units at an average density of 126.1/km² (326.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 74.94% White, 0.59% African American, 0.09% Native American, 21.10% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 2.73% from two or more races. 2.15% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,740 households out of which 34.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.0% are married couples living together, 4.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 14.6% are non-families. 10.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.86 and the average family size is 3.02.

In the town the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 35.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 47 years. For every 100 females there are 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town is $173,570, and the median income for a family is $181,865. Males have a median income of $0 ??? versus $78,288 for females. The per capita income for the town is $92,840. 3.9% of the population and 2.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 4.5% of those under the age of 18 and 3.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.