Atherton, California

Back to Atherton, CA housing info, San Mateo County, California, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities. Homes for sale in Atherton, California   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Atherton, CA San Mateo County Population in July 2008: 7,406. Population change since 2000: +2.9%   Males: 3,581   (48.4%) Females: 3,825   (51.6%) Median resident age:   45.3 years California median age:   33.3 years Zip codes: 94027. Estimated median household income in 2007: over $234,709 (it was over $200,000 in 2000) Atherton:   over $234,709 California:   $59,948 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $134,843 Atherton:   $134,843 California:   $28,678 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: over $1,873,974 (it was over $1,000,000 in 2000) Atherton:   over $1,873,974 California:   $532,300 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $1,875,944; Detached houses: $1,856,580; Townhouses or other attached units: $1,709,708; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $489,120 Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 94027 Atherton, CA residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Profiles of local businesses: Legacy investment group, a member of ICG, Inc. West Capital Funding Races in Atherton: White Non-Hispanic (83.7%) Chinese (5.2%) Hispanic (2.8%) Two or more races (2.6%) Japanese (1.1%) Asian Indian (1.1%) Other race (1.0%) Filipino (0.8%) Other Asian (0.8%) Black (0.7%) 2008 cost of living index in Atherton: 178.5 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Atherton, California on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Atherton is mentioned 190 times on our forum: Tiburon vs Atherton  (16 replies) Nostalgia  (720 replies) Commute to Atherton: Best Choices  (5 replies) What he HELL does everyone do in OC to make money?  (81 replies) What will finally cause California to decline significantly?  (166 replies) Suburbs of San Francisco and Oakland  (56 replies) Latest news from Atherton, CA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (18.0%), English (15.5%), Irish (11.7%), Italian (9.5%), Scottish (5.7%), Swedish (3.8%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Incorporated on 09/12/1923   Elevation: 60 feet Land area: 4.90 square miles. Population density: 1511 people per square mile   (low).

Latitude: 37.46 N, Longitude: 122.20 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -490 (-6.8%)
Workers who live and work in this town: 567 (18.3%)

Area code commonly used in this area: 650

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Atherton, California business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.84
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Atherton, California

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Atherton-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below California state average. It is 1385% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1906 at 13:12:21, a magnitude 7.9 (7.9 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 57.6 miles away from Atherton center, causing $524,000,000 total damage
On 10/18/1989 at 00:04:15, a magnitude 7.1 (6.5 MB, 7.1 MS, 6.9 MW, 7.0 ML) earthquake occurred 33.8 miles away from the city center, causing 62 deaths (62 shaking deaths) and 3757 injuries, causing $1,305,032,704 total damage
On 4/24/1984 at 21:15:19, a magnitude 6.2 (5.7 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.2 MW, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 29.1 miles away from the city center
On 1/24/1980 at 19:00:09, a magnitude 5.9 (5.3 MB, 5.9 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.5 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 31.3 miles away from Atherton center
On 8/6/1979 at 17:05:22, a magnitude 5.9 (5.4 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, 5.9 ML) earthquake occurred 42.7 miles away from the city center
On 1/27/1980 at 02:33:36, a magnitude 5.8 (5.0 MB, 5.0 MS, 5.8 ML) earthquake occurred 31.7 miles away from Atherton center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Notable locations in Atherton: Menlo Circus Club (A), Atherton Branch San Mateo County Library (B), Atherton City Hall (C), Bowman Library (D). Display/hide their locations on the map Church in Atherton: Church of the Nativity (A). Display/hide its location on the map Reservoir: Bear Gulch Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map Parks in Atherton include: Holbrook Palmer Park (1), Redding Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.9 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	82.2%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	2.2%
Whole state:	5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
• Gay men: 0.5% of all households

This town:	1.7%
Whole state:	14.2%

This town:	1.3%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Atherton, CA

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7.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($75,468 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.22%
California average:	5.75%

0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,259 average AGI)

San Mateo County:	0.19%
California average:	0.21%

from San Francisco County, CA	1.99% ($65,876 average AGI)
from Santa Clara County, CA	1.19% ($105,470)
from Alameda County, CA	0.71% ($60,283)

8.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($83,253 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.12%
California average:	6.27%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,125 average AGI)

San Mateo County:	0.12%
California average:	0.11%

to Santa Clara County, CA	1.46% ($108,860 average AGI)
to San Francisco County, CA	1.45% ($68,160)
to Alameda County, CA	1.05% ($61,599)

• 2600 Se Of Woodside Rd On Moore Rd, Call Sign: KML373
  Assigned Frequencies : 47.9000 MHz
  Grant Date: 05/06/2004, Expiration Date: 06/20/2014
  Registrant: Callifornia Water Service Company, 1720 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112, Phone: (408) 367-8242, Fax: (408) 367-8427, Email:
• Lat: 37.440278 Lon: -122.221389, Call Sign: WQBJ957
  Assigned Frequencies : 451.337 MHz, 456.337 MHz
  Grant Date: 10/22/2004, Expiration Date: 10/22/2014, Certifier: Michael Michelson
  Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
• 555 Middlefield Rd, Type: Bant, Structure height: 12.2 m, Overall height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WQCR762
  Assigned Frequencies : 463.200 MHz
  Grant Date: 05/10/2005, Expiration Date: 05/10/2015, Certifier: Clint Walker
  Registrant: The Spectrum Firm, Inc., 21 Ski Run Trail, Fairfield, PA 17320, Phone: (717) 642-8109, Fax: (717) 642-6931, Email:

• 555 Middlefield Road, 555 Middlefield Road, Type: Nntann, Structure height: 8.5 m, Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WPQQ795
  Assigned Frequencies : 949.500 MHz
  Grant Date: 08/21/2000, Expiration Date: 12/01/2013, Certifier: Donald G Gielow
  Registrant: Garvey, Schubert & Barer, 1000 Potomac Str. Nw, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20007, Phone: (202) 965-7880, Fax: (202) 965-1729, Email:
• STATION, 91 Ashfield Rd, Overall height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: KZI88
  Assigned Frequencies : 23175.0 MHz, 6645.00 MHz
  Grant Date: 03/10/2000, Expiration Date: 06/07/2010
  Registrant: Phone: (415) 363-4442

• Fire: 4
• Hazardous Condition: 7