Los Alamos is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 11,902 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Los Alamos is the 17th largest community in New Mexico.

Los Alamos is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Los Alamos is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Alamos who work in the sciences (17.54%), management occupations (10.93%), and architecture and engineering (10.28%).

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

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Los Alamos has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

In addition, Los Alamos 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Los Alamos spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.65 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Los Alamos Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Los Alamos is a pretty powerful place. 62.06% of the adults in Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos in 2000 was $34,240, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,960 for a family of four. However, Los Alamos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Los Alamos is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Los Alamos home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Los Alamos is White, followed by Asian. Los Alamos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.99% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Los Alamos include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Los Alamos is English. Some people also speak Spanish.