Garage Door Repair in Alto, CA

ZIP code in Alto

Alto ZIP code covered: 94941.

Distances are straight-line from Kensington to the center of each ZIP code area. Residents, median year built and owner-occupied share are U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2018-2022 estimates for the ZIP code area. ZIP codes in Alto: those whose USPS city name is Alto (GeoNames) plus those whose area overlaps Alto (U.S. Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file); a ZIP code can belong to more than one city. Listing a ZIP code here does not mean service to every address in it.

Around Alto

Neighborhoods and nearby communities around Alto include Almonte, Strawberry, Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Marin City, Kentfield, and Belvedere.

Parks near the center of Alto include Horse Hill Open Space Preserve, Tiburon Ridge Open Space Preserve, Alto Bowl Open Space Preserve, and Camino Alto Open Space Preserve.

Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (neighborhoods, parks, museums), National Center for Education Statistics (public schools), CMS (hospitals). See also the Alto city guide.

About Alto

Alto is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Marin County. Alto covers about 0.1 square miles and has about 659 residents, roughly 5,069 per square mile. The name Alto is shared by 4 places across the country. This is the one in Marin County. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond (about 115,353 residents), roughly 9 miles east.

Alto in relation to Kensington

Alto lies about 13 miles west of Kensington as the crow flies; drive time depends on the roads and the hour. Kensington is in Contra Costa County and Alto is in Marin County. Among the 242 places this site lists, Alto is number 39 by distance from Kensington. Between Kensington and Alto the map shows Tiburon, Belvedere Tiburon, and Belvedere. The places on this site's list closest to Kensington are El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, and East Richmond Heights.

Census Bureau ACS 2018-2022 estimates and USGS elevation.

Alto at 19 feet

The center of Alto is about 19 feet above sea level (USGS elevation data). Kensington is at about 321 feet, which puts Alto about 300 feet lower.

Homes in Alto

Alto has about 308 housing units, according to the Census Bureau. The median home was built in 1949, and 81% of homes were built before 1980. 65% of the housing is single-family detached houses. About 51 in 100 occupied homes in Alto are lived in by their owners. Where many homes are older, original springs, cables and openers are more likely to be near the end of their service life.

Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2018-2022 5-year estimates for Alto.

Close to Alto

These places sit nearest Alto and also have a page on this site:

• Mill Valley 1 mi
• Corte Madera 2 mi
• Marin City 2 mi
• Larkspur 2 mi
• Kentfield 3 mi
• Greenbrae 3 mi
• Sausalito 4 mi
• North Richmond 9 mi

What we fix in Alto

In Alto we handle opener repair, emergency repair, snapped cables, broken spring replacement, and off-track doors. The exact price is confirmed before work starts, and our pricing page explains what each job starts at.

If your Alto garage door will not open, close or stay on its track, one call to dispatch starts the repair.

Prefer the Alto pages themselves? Go to the Alto page of our website.