Palo Alto, California


Palo Alto, CA home values, schools, jobs, rents, houses and Palo Alto real estate.

Palo Alto
Palo Alto Home & House Values: Free Home Valuation at HouseValues.com | Dreaming of a new home in Palo Alto? Hot new listings.
Population 2000:58,598
Population 2002:57,543
Area codes:650
Foreign born:26.6% (12.8% Asia, 9.1% Europe)
Land area:23.7 square miles
Elevation:23 feet
County:Santa Clara
Industries:Educational,health and social services (25.9%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (24.3%), Manufacturing (18.7%).
Population growth:-1,055 (-1.80%)
Races
White Non-Hispanic:72.8%
Chinese:9.3%
Hispanic:4.6%
Two or more races:3.2%
Japanese:2.3%
Asian Indian:2.1%
Black:2.0%
Korean:1.6%
Other race:1.4%
Other Asian:0.8%
Filipino:0.7%
American Indian:0.7%
Marital Status
Now married:55.3%
Never married:27.4%
Divorced:9.6%
Widowed:6.5%
Separated:1.2%
Median
House value:$811,800
Household income:$90,377
Resident age:40.2 years
Palo Alto Compared to California State Average
Median house value:much above
Hispanic race population percentage:below
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:much below
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much above
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Median household income:above
Education
High school or higher:96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher:74.4%
Graduate or professional degree:43.0%
Unemployed:1.9%
Crime Statistics
2002 burglaries:223 (367.1 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:179.9 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 auto thefts:95 (156.4 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:54 (88.9 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:45 (74.1 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:7 (11.5 per 100,000)
2002 murder:1 (1.6 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,353 (2227.1 per 100,000)
Ancestries
German:14.1%
English:13.8%
Irish:9.6%
Russian:4.5%
Italian:4.3%
French:3.8%
 

Nearby CityDistance from Palo Alto to...Population in 2002
Menlo Park, CA2.31 miles (3.71 km)30,277
Atherton, CA3.29 miles (5.30 km)7,096
Los Altos, CA4.23 miles (6.80 km)27,314
Los Altos Hills, CA4.31 miles (6.94 km)8,002
Mountain View, CA5.05 miles (8.13 km)70,046
Redwood City, CA5.94 miles (9.55 km)74,453
Portola Valley, CA6.45 miles (10.38 km)4,424
Sunnyvale, CA7.74 miles (12.46 km)129,687
San Carlos, CA7.87 miles (12.67 km)27,165
Newark, CA8.29 miles (13.34 km)43,331
San Francisco, CA8.64 miles (13.90 km)764,049
Belmont, CA9.08 miles (14.62 km)24,816
Cupertino, CA10.23 miles (16.47 km)50,005
Fremont, CA11.22 miles (18.06 km)206,856
Santa Clara, CA11.97 miles (19.27 km)101,867
Union City, CA12.63 miles (20.32 km)69,879
Milpitas, CA13.02 miles (20.95 km)63,700
San Mateo, CA13.06 miles (21.01 km)91,935
Saratoga, CA13.97 miles (22.48 km)29,496
Campbell, CA15.07 miles (24.26 km)37,474
San Jose, CA15.37 miles (24.73 km)900,443
Burlingame, CA15.70 miles (25.27 km)27,773
Half Moon Bay, CA15.75 miles (25.35 km)11,982
Hayward, CA16.06 miles (25.85 km)142,718
Monte Sereno, CA16.45 miles (26.48 km)3,453
Palo Alto, California ZIP Codes: 94301 94303 94304 94306