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Alameda, CA

78,807 Population
10.4 square miles 7,578.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$74,854 ±$5,114 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $74,649 ±$1,029
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$151,346 ±$16,611 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $135,590 ±$2,210
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

6.6% ±2.3% (5,134  ±1,766) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 9% 410,458 (±0.4% / ±18,415)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

33 minutes ±1.2 (1,026,055  ±107,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.7 63,477,316 (±0.2 / ±865,665)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

30,860 ±1,619 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,770,425 ±8,818
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.5 ±0.1 (77,327  ±94) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,550,043 (±0 / ±1,351)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

5.3% ±2.5% (1,043  ±495) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 50,287 (±0.4% / ±4,496)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

32,320 ±1,897 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,908,554 ±568
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$1,160,500 ±$74,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,132,900 ±$9,596
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

9.9% ±2.9% (7,744  ±2,299.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 11.5% 528,002 (±0.4% / ±18,046.8)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

95.8% ±6.5% (55,937  ±4,306.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,060,569 (±0.9% / ±29,777.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
63.7% ±5.3% (37,188  ±3,365.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 53.8% 1,840,959 (±0.7% / ±22,746.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

24.6% ±3.8% (19,415  ±2,961) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.4% 1,506,259
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

4.1% ±1.6% (2,571  ±976) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.9% 108,380 (±0.1% / ±5,012)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
2,571 Total veterans ±976 1,987 Male ±799 584 Female ±546

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