Alpine is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,039 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alpine is the 336th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Alpine, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Alpine, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Alpine’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Alpine does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $54,503.00.

Also of interest is that Alpine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The overall crime rate in Alpine is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.75 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small city, Alpine doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Alpine are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.27% of adults in Alpine have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Alpine in 2022 was $34,893, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,572 for a family of four. However, Alpine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alpine is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alpine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Alpine, accounting for 49.54% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Alpine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alpine include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Alpine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.