West Menlo Park is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California, inside of Menlo Park, and adjacent to Atherton, Sharon Heights and Stanford University. As of the 2000 census, the community had a population of 3,629. It consists of suburban housing and a small business district along Alameda de las Pulgas and another on Sharon Road. It has one public school and a large apartment distict. More recently, West Menlo Park has gained a reputation as one of the most desirable places to live in North America. A notable newspaper recently ranked West Menlo Park #4 on its "top residential areas in California" article.
This seemingly wealthy area is not the only one of its kind in the Bay Area. Los Altos Hills, Woodside, Atherton and Hillsborough also have a higher average annual income than much of the surrounding areas.
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