Home values, rents and more in Los Altos, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Los Altos compares
The typical home in Los Altos, CA is worth about $4,591,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Los Altos are 3.0 times the typical value in the San Jose metro area ($1,524,000) and 12.5 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Los Altos rose 8.4%, compared with +0.2% in the San Jose metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $6,886 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 1.8 times the San Jose metro area ($3,812) and 3.6 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 19.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $250,001, against $162,111 in the San Jose metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 30,698 people live in Los Altos (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Los Altos has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 19 cities in the San Jose metro area and the 7th-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Santa Clara County, CA · San Jose metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.