Los Gatos, California demographics

Los Gatos, CA demographics: median age 44.7; 75.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Los Gatos town, California · Incorporated town · GEOID 0644112. The survey estimates a population of 32,786 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Los Gatos is 44.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.0 years. There are 12,714 households (±336). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	44.7 ±1.0	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,786
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	7,643 ±649	23.3% ±2.0 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	4,614 ±510	14.1% ±1.6 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	13,729 ±812	41.9% ±2.5 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	6,800 ±565	20.7% ±1.7 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,786
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	16,096 ±493	49.1% ±1.5 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	16,690 ±483	50.9% ±1.5 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,786
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	20,956 ±885	63.9% ±2.7 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	421 ±249 · low precision	1.3% ±0.8 pp · low precision	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	0 ±29 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,853 ±706	20.9% ±2.2 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	139 ±136 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,028 ±365	3.1% ±1.1 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,389 ±599	10.3% ±1.8 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,786
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,305 ±504	89.4% ±1.5 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,481 ±508	10.6% ±1.5 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,714
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	7,690 ±302	60.5% ±1.8 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	432 ±151	3.4% ±1.2 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	838 ±183	6.6% ±1.4 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,106 ±421	24.4% ±3.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	648 ±178	5.1% ±1.4 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,714
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,288 ±238	33.7% ±1.6 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,426 ±480	66.3% ±3.3 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,714
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,106 ±421	24.4% ±3.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,367 ±393	34.3% ±3.0 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,316 ±348	18.2% ±2.7 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,057 ±299	16.2% ±2.3 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	702 ±167	5.5% ±1.3 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	166 ±92 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	0 ±41 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 32,786
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	23,475 ±643	71.6% ±2.0 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	9,311 ±648	28.4% ±2.0 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 31,321
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	21,198 ±870	67.7% ±2.7 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	1,507 ±368	4.8% ±1.2 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	288 ±169 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	148 ±82 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,312 ±624	4.2% ±2.0 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,600 ±543	8.3% ±1.7 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	87 ±78 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,358 ±496	7.5% ±1.6 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	227 ±197 · low precision	0.7% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	66 ±38 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,256 ±344	4.0% ±1.1 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	55 ±46 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	219 ±221 · low precision	0.7% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 23,479
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	504 ±179	2.1% ±0.8 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	1,394 ±324	5.9% ±1.4 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,550 ±390	10.9% ±1.7 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,414 ±304	6.0% ±1.3 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	8,729 ±715	37.2% ±3.0 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8,888 ±779	37.9% ±3.3 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 32,449
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	27,584 ±827	85.0% ±2.5 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,856 ±677	8.8% ±2.1 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	955 ±301	2.9% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	550 ±207	1.7% ±0.6 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	504 ±274 · low precision	1.6% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

1.6% of Los Gatos residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 95.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Los Gatos	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	1.6% ±0.6 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.4% ±1.0 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.6% ±0.8 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Los Gatos . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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