Rich Block, Poor Block: How Do Neighborhoods In Los Gatos Compare?

Drive through Los Gatos neighborhoods and it may be difficult to spot differences between affluence, bringing up the question: is there disparity between different parts of town?

A new data-based website, Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks provides some answers to that question. The site uses U.S. census information compiled from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey to show median household income and monthly rents by census tract.

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The data shows that the median household incomes in and around Los Gatos top $100,000 in most neighborhoods.

Along Blossom Hill Road, median incomes range from $120,000 to $148,000. Average incomes are higher the farther east you go.

Near Los Gatos Town Park Plaza, median incomes average $132,000.

The lowest-income areas front Vasona Reservoir and the neighborhoods south of there—from Oak Meadow Park to Highway 9 on the west side of Highway 17. The median household incomes there are about $93,000 a year.

Overall, median incomes in Los Gatos eclipse state averages. The range for median household income in California is $28,000 to $125,000 a year. The statewide middle-class income range is $53,264 to $68,300.

To see the data mapped out census tract by census tract, visit the Rich Block, Poor Blocks website.