Alamo Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,557 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alamo Heights is the 303rd largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Alamo Heights was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country. Alamo Heights home prices are not only among the most expensive in Texas, but Alamo Heights real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Alamo Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 95.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alamo Heights is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alamo Heights who work in management occupations (26.21%), sales jobs (10.73%), and architecture and engineering (8.94%). Of important note, Alamo Heights is also a city of artists. Alamo Heights has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Alamo Heights’s character. Also of interest is that Alamo Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Heights 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.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Alamo Heights, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Alamo Heights is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 73.30% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Alamo Heights in 2022 was $101,030, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $404,120 for a family of four. Alamo Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alamo Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alamo Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alamo Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alamo Heights include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Alamo Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
