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Alamo Heights, TX
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Living in Alamo Heights



Alamo Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,530 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Alamo Heights is the 303rd largest community in Texas.

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.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Alamo Heights telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.33% 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 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.

Being a small city, Alamo Heights does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

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 72.75% 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 2018 was $100,586, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $402,344 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 Asian. 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 24.74% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alamo Heights include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Alamo Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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