Mountain View vs Los Altos
Mountain View and Los Altos on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Los Altos
B77
Category by category
D+HousingC+
Los Altos +17 pts
BSchoolsB+
Los Altos +5 pts
B−Cost of livingB
Los Altos +3 pts
A−CommuteA−
level
A+AmenitiesA
Mountain View +8 pts
BEmploymentC+
Mountain View +10 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$1.93MMedian home value$2.00M+
$3,062Median rent$3,501
23.3 minMean commute22.3 min
$190kMedian household income$250k+
0.63%Effective property tax0.65%
90th pctWithin-state proficiency99th pct
265Restaurants & cafés164
83,732Population30,698
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.