Los AltosTX
The town has 1,082 residents and lies in Texas.
Is Los Altos a good place to live?
Los Altos’ best subject grade is a B+ for schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 91% of residents live below the poverty line in Los Altos, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On walkability, just 27 of Texas’ 999 towns do worse. The median household income is $22K, and 91% of residents live below the poverty line. No town in Texas scores lower than Los Altos on the outdoors. Los Altos has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Los Altos stand out
Where Los Altos beats most towns.
1,082 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Los Altos grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Los Altos is from typical.
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Moving to Los Altos: who provides what
Los Altos is unincorporated, so Webb County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Los Altos.
Los Altos faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Los Altos stands out in Texas and nationally: the median household income there is lower
For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away. The top destinations are Laredo (70%), Austin (4%) and McAllen (4%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Los Altos is hotter than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Expect warm winters and hot summers in Los Altos, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 99°, January nights drop to 46° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Los Altos are less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Los Altos: 13% of adults report frequent physical distress. CDC measures, 31 in all: Los Altos beats Texas on 7 and trails on 6. Among adults in the town, 27% worry about having enough food and 28% have high blood pressure.
| Los Altos | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 74% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Los Altos | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 34.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Los Altos
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Los Altos
About 0 of every 100 Los Altos residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Los Altos for work
Where Los Altos’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Los Altos
CDP in Texas, United States
Los Altos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP formed from parts of the Laredo Ranchettes CDP prior to the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Los Altos had a population of 175. It is one of several colonias in Webb County.
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