Housing density: 1,301 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $3,295,467.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $4,536
Median gross rent in Los Gatos, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Los Gatos with a mortgage: 5,385 (716 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 645 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 73
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $253,538
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $162,409
5,809 married couples with children.
958 single-parent households (461 men, 497 women).
69.3% of residents of Los Gatos speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
13.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
11.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 8,333 (25.8%)
(62.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.6% Number of people working at home: 5,144 (34.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 228
5 to 9 minutes: 666
10 to 14 minutes: 1,221
15 to 19 minutes: 1,292
20 to 24 minutes: 1,653
25 to 29 minutes: 1,062
30 to 34 minutes: 1,689
35 to 39 minutes: 371
40 to 44 minutes: 444
45 to 59 minutes: 982
60 to 89 minutes: 498
90 or more minutes: 103
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 14,824 (66.0%)
Carpooled: 1,622 (7.2%)
Bus: 69 (0.3%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 13 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 9 (0.0%)
Taxi: 318 (1.4%)
Bicycle: 318 (1.4%)
Walked: 326 (1.5%)
Worked at home: 5,144 (22.9%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.6%Males
5.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.9%Males
4.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
1.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.4%Males
5.0%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Los Gatos, California
2,6202010 or later
2,4272000 to 2009
1,3851990 to 1999
9371980 to 1989
8101970 to 1979
1,014Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
European: 1,199 (6.8%)
English: 996 (5.7%)
Irish: 930 (5.3%)
German: 864 (4.9%)
Iranian: 840 (4.8%)
Italian: 672 (3.8%)
American: 563 (3.2%)
Russian: 405 (2.3%)
Greek: 383 (2.2%)
Ukrainian: 378 (2.1%)
Turkish: 252 (1.4%)
Polish: 250 (1.4%)
Scottish: 198 (1.1%)
Swedish: 183 (1.0%)
French: 163 (0.9%)
Eastern European: 159 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 154 (0.9%)
Northern European: 122 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 119 (0.7%)
Ethiopian: 115 (0.7%)
Armenian: 111 (0.6%)
Dutch: 108 (0.6%)
British: 93 (0.5%)
Danish: 67 (0.4%)
Canadian: 66 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 60 (0.3%)
Bulgarian: 59 (0.3%)
Croatian: 58 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (0.3%)
Israeli: 43 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 38 (0.2%)
Welsh: 37 (0.2%)
Australian: 36 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 35 (0.2%)
Palestinian: 33 (0.2%)
Swiss: 33 (0.2%)
Czech: 31 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 28 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.1%)
African: 23 (0.1%)
Jordanian: 22 (0.1%)
Assyrian: 18 (0.1%)
Austrian: 18 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 16 (0.09%)
Celtic: 15 (0.09%)
Romanian: 15 (0.09%)
Iraqi: 14 (0.08%)
Serbian: 8 (0.05%)
Arab: 7 (0.04%)
Finnish: 7 (0.04%)
Belgian: 3 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Los Gatos:
13.8% (1,146)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
India
Los Gatos:
10.9% (907)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Iran
Los Gatos:
9.5% (790)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Ukraine
Los Gatos:
5.7% (477)
California:
0.6% (60,761)
Japan
Los Gatos:
5.1% (422)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Mexico
Los Gatos:
3.7% (311)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Taiwan
Los Gatos:
3.7% (309)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Russia
Los Gatos:
3.5% (292)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Canada
Los Gatos:
3.2% (267)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Hong Kong
Los Gatos:
3.2% (265)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Los Gatos:
2.3% (195)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Greece
Los Gatos:
2.2% (183)
California:
0.1% (10,538)
Vietnam
Los Gatos:
2.1% (178)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Germany
Los Gatos:
2.1% (171)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Korea
Los Gatos:
2.0% (164)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Sweden
Los Gatos:
1.9% (155)
California:
0.1% (12,221)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 14,869
Other state: 8,208
Northeast: 2,972
Midwest: 2,022
South: 1,523
West: 1,764
85.2% of Los Gatos residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 39.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 51.8% lived in California.
Los Gatos:
85.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 80
Nursery to 4th grade: 16
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 91
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 33
11th grade: 16
12th grade, no diploma: 24
High school graduate (or equivalency): 590
Less than 1 year of college: 258
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 693
Associate degree: 410
Bachelor's degree: 4,296
Master's degree: 3,198
Professional school degree: 750
Doctorate degree: 941
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 27
5th and 6th grade: 44
7th and 8th grade: 111
9th grade: 14
10th grade: 25
11th grade: 6
12th grade, no diploma: 41
High school graduate (or equivalency): 773
Less than 1 year of college: 332
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,217
Associate degree: 781
Bachelor's degree: 4,906
Master's degree: 2,980
Professional school degree: 588
Doctorate degree: 354
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,880
One, attached: 1,864
Two: 685
3 or 4: 545
5 to 9: 816
10 to 19: 366
20 to 49: 855
50 or more: 871
Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $234,774
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago