ATHERTON
Atherton is considered a town for married couples and families. Households are larger than most, which is consistent with the family emphasis of the town. Atherton is regarded in the state as a town where many of the people are affluent. The town has a large middle class. Atherton finds a smaller share of its people living in poverty than most places in the state. To its credit, the people in the town value education and a large proportion are college graduates.
The Town begins in the flatlands then moves westward to the hills, until it reaches Highway 280. Atherton is still a "plain of oaks". Native live oaks, white oaks, bay trees, redwood trees, cedars, pines and other ornamental trees cover the six square miles of land. Beautiful foliage, elegant gardens and heritage trees dominate this quiet small community. The Town is bordered by areas of Menlo Park, Redwood City, Woodside, and unincorporated San Mateo County.
Atherton desires, insofar as possible, to preserve its character as a scenic, rural, thicklywooded, residential area, with abundant open space with streets designed primarily as scenic routes rather than for speed of travel.
February 2010 Median House: $7,375,000
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