Alamo is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 14,801 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Alamo is the 358th largest community in California.

Alamo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alamo is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Alamo who work in management occupations (28.01%), sales jobs (19.85%), and business and financial occupations (9.01%).

Also of interest is that Alamo 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 homes - 9.78% 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 is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

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 night life, 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.

One downside of living in Alamo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.35 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Alamo Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Alamo is a pretty powerful place. 63.57% of the adults in Alamo have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Alamo in 2000 was $67,517, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $270,068 for a family of four. However, Alamo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Alamo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alamo is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alamo include Irish, English, German, Italian, Scottish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Alamo is English.