Alamo is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 15,314 people and three associated neighborhoods, Alamo is the 355th largest community in California. Alamo home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Alamo real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Alamo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.39% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alamo is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alamo who work in management occupations (25.89%), business and financial occupations (15.69%), and sales jobs (12.52%). A relatively large number of people in Alamo telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 29.99% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Alamo is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Alamo is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Alamo really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Alamo perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Despite being a small town, Alamo has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Alamo. 76.31% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Alamo in 2022 was $144,575, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $578,300 for a family of four. Alamo is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alamo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alamo residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alamo include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Alamo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
