Housing density: 263 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $977,205.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $13,885
Median gross rent in Alamo, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Alamo with a mortgage: 3,243 (537 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 555 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 18
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $252,501
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $190,795
Size of family households: 2,285 2-persons, 563 3-persons, 831 4-persons, 463 5-persons, 211 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 559 1-person, 87 2-persons.
2,721 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (39 men, 45 women).
82.9% of residents of Alamo speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 2,109 (14.8%)
(69.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.8% Number of people working at home: 2,008 (33.0% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 77
5 to 9 minutes: 631
10 to 14 minutes: 526
15 to 19 minutes: 757
20 to 24 minutes: 458
25 to 29 minutes: 96
30 to 34 minutes: 365
35 to 39 minutes: 75
40 to 44 minutes: 171
45 to 59 minutes: 265
60 to 89 minutes: 671
90 or more minutes: 141
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 1,660 (40.9%)
Carpooled: 473 (11.7%)
Taxi: 3 (0.1%)
Bicycle: 7 (0.2%)
Walked: 131 (3.2%)
Worked at home: 2,008 (49.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
0.8%Males
2.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
4.1%Males
2.4%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
22.0%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Alamo, California
3312010 or later
4332000 to 2009
3061990 to 1999
1911980 to 1989
3661970 to 1979
574Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
American: 504 (7.7%)
German: 471 (7.2%)
Italian: 428 (6.5%)
English: 427 (6.5%)
Irish: 372 (5.7%)
European: 370 (5.7%)
Eastern European: 224 (3.4%)
Iranian: 146 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 130 (2.0%)
Scottish: 119 (1.8%)
Norwegian: 118 (1.8%)
Austrian: 117 (1.8%)
Greek: 107 (1.6%)
French: 105 (1.6%)
Ukrainian: 102 (1.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (1.5%)
Afghan: 100 (1.5%)
Northern European: 85 (1.3%)
Polish: 85 (1.3%)
New Zealander: 78 (1.2%)
Dutch: 58 (0.9%)
Swedish: 49 (0.7%)
Danish: 32 (0.5%)
Romanian: 28 (0.4%)
Canadian: 25 (0.4%)
Slovak: 25 (0.4%)
Russian: 20 (0.3%)
Slavic: 20 (0.3%)
Israeli: 19 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 18 (0.3%)
British: 18 (0.3%)
Welsh: 16 (0.2%)
Maltese: 15 (0.2%)
Serbian: 15 (0.2%)
Swiss: 13 (0.2%)
Armenian: 11 (0.2%)
South African: 10 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 5 (0.08%)
African: 1 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Alamo:
10.4% (208)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Taiwan
Alamo:
8.4% (168)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Canada
Alamo:
7.2% (144)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Philippines
Alamo:
5.9% (118)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Iran
Alamo:
5.6% (112)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
India
Alamo:
5.4% (107)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Korea
Alamo:
5.2% (103)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Afghanistan
Alamo:
4.4% (87)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
England
Alamo:
3.8% (76)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Mexico
Alamo:
3.0% (60)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Venezuela
Alamo:
2.7% (54)
California:
0.2% (16,998)
Peru
Alamo:
2.3% (46)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
Other Eastern Europe
Alamo:
2.1% (42)
California:
0.2% (17,699)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Alamo:
2.1% (41)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
France
Alamo:
2.1% (41)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Singapore
Alamo:
2.0% (40)
California:
0.1% (10,213)
South Africa
Alamo:
2.0% (39)
California:
0.2% (20,614)
Latvia
Alamo:
1.8% (36)
California:
0.0% (2,923)
Vietnam
Alamo:
1.7% (34)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Japan
Alamo:
1.7% (33)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Germany
Alamo:
1.7% (33)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
Sweden
Alamo:
1.6% (32)
California:
0.1% (12,221)
Scotland
Alamo:
1.6% (32)
California:
0.1% (8,444)
Saudi Arabia
Alamo:
1.5% (30)
California:
0.1% (7,408)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,711
Other state: 4,120
Northeast: 1,598
Midwest: 1,354
South: 688
West: 527
89.0% of Alamo residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.0% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 42.4% lived in California.
Alamo:
89.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 4
Nursery to 4th grade: 1
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 41
12th grade, no diploma: 0
High school graduate (or equivalency): 368
Less than 1 year of college: 101
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 272
Associate degree: 281
Bachelor's degree: 2,268
Master's degree: 959
Professional school degree: 760
Doctorate degree: 253
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 37
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 8
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 1
11th grade: 1
12th grade, no diploma: 21
High school graduate (or equivalency): 263
Less than 1 year of college: 226
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 402
Associate degree: 385
Bachelor's degree: 2,493
Master's degree: 745
Professional school degree: 393
Doctorate degree: 130
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,009
One, attached: 179
Two: 32
3 or 4: 54
10 to 19: 17
20 to 49: 101
Mobile homes: 12
House/condo owner moved in on average 17 years ago