Did You Know? Palo Altoin 2005

Palo Alto 2005 / Projected Growth (2)
Area in square miles / 25.98 / 2010 / 2015 / 2020
Population (1) / 60,246 / Population / 78,300 / 82,900 / 86,600
Properties in Palo Alto(5) / 70,860 / Households / 31,380 / 33,150 / 34,410
Residential Units (1) / 27,019 / Employed Residents / 34,930 / 38,090 / 40,590
Owner Occupied / 17,916 / Jobs / 102,190 / 104,430 / 107,940
Rented (3) / 9,103 / Persons per Household / 2.27 / 2.28 / 2.31
Residents per residential unit (2) / 2.26
Jobs within city limits (3) / 98,450 / Jobs per Households / 3.45
Daytime population: / Employed Residents per Household / 1.24
Nonresidential square footage (Commercial, office, retail) (1) / 27.3 million / Jobs per Employed Resident / 2.77
Households By Type* / Housing Type*
Total households / 25,216 / Total / 26,155
Family households (families) / 14,593 / 57.9% / 1, detached / 15,387 / 58.83%
Non-family households / 10,623 / 42.1% / 1, attached / 978 / 3.74%
Average household size / 2.3 / 2 / 474 / 1.81%
Average family size / 2.95 / 3 or 4 / 1,254 / 4.79%
5 or more / 7,897 / 30.19%
Mobile home / 156 / 0.6%
* Census 2000 / Boat, RV, van, etc. / 9 / 0.03%

City Services (1)

Employees
Department / Provides / Full-time / Hourly
Libraries / 5 branches / 43 / 13
Fire Department / 8 stations, 23 vehicles / 129
Police Department / 1 station, 30 patrol vehicles / 171
City Manager’s Office / 7
Planning Division / 25
Inspection Division / 19
Transportation Division / 7.5
Utilities Department
Public Works / 214.5 / 0.99
Community Services(Parks & Rec) / 1,400 services/programs / 92 / 51

Palo AltoGovernment Expenditures per Capita (2000):$1,693 (3)

Traffic Intersections Levels of Service (5)

Level of Service (LOS) is the measure of delay at an intersection.

AM Peak / PM Peak
LOS / Avg Delay (sec) / LOS / Avg Delay (sec)
Middlefield / Colorado / B / 12.4 / A / 9.1
Middlefield / University / C / 28.9 / C / 30.9
E. Bayshore / Embarcadero / C / 30.3 / D+ / 38.7
El Camino Real / Page Mill / D / 47.7 / D / 47.1
El Camino Real / Arastradero / Charleston / D / 41.6 / D / 43.8
Charleston Rd / San Antonio / D / 42.2 / D / 42.4
Middlefield Rd / San Antonio / D / 41.4 / D / 47.7
El Camino Real / San Antonio / D / 43.3 / D / 49.0
Foothill Expwy / Page Mill / D- / 51.5 / E / 68.3
Middlefield / Embarcadero / D+ / 36.4 / D+ / 35.7
Middlefield / Charleston / D+ / 36.6 / D+ / 38.0
Alma / Charleston / D+ / 37.9 / D+ / 37.9
Page Mill / Hanover / D+ / 38.9 / D / 40.9
Oregon Expwy / Middlefield / E+ / 56.5 / E / 63.6
LOS / Interpretation
A / Uncongested operations; all queues clear in a single signal cycle.
B / Very light congestion; an occasional approach phase is fully utilized.
C / Light congestion; occasional backups on critical approaches.
D / Significant congestion on critical approaches, but intersection functional. Cars required to wait through more than one cycle during short peaks. No long-standing queues formed.
E / Severe congestion with some long-standing queues on critical approaches. Blockage of intersection may occur if traffic signal does not provide for protected turning movements. Traffic queue may block nearby intersections upstream of critical approaches.
F / Total breakdown, stop-and-go operation.

Utilities

Palo Alto Water Usage(4)

Actually used 2004:6 million CCF

Palo Alto Electric Usage(4)

Actually used 2004:958 million kilowatt hours

Palo Alto Gas Usage(4)

Actually used 2004:31.5 million therms

Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant
(also used by East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Stanford)

Gallons treated 2003-2004:8238 million (4)

Solids incinerated 2003-2004:7477 tons (6)

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Sources

(1)Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004

(2)Projections 2005 by "Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)"

(3)City of Palo Alto website --

(4)Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004

(5)2004 LOS Monitoring Program, City of Palo Alto

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