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AlamedaCA

Alameda, CA is a 79K-resident city in Alameda County with a median household income of $137,697.

Alameda County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Alameda, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Alameda has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,235,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

79K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$137,697
Median income (place)
$1,235,700
Median home (place)
7.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Alameda

Alameda posts a median household income higher than 90% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Alameda area.

Top 10%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Alameda

Where Alameda income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$137,697 Top 10% higher than 90% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Alameda $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Alameda, CA beyond the headline numbers

Alameda sits inside Alameda County, California, at roughly 37.77°N, -122.26°W. Population 78,630, $137,697 median household income. Median home value $1,235,700, median rent $2,474. Poverty rate 7.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Alameda, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.2%, poverty in Alameda, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Alameda costs around 9.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

32.7% of Alameda workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 21.4% in Alameda, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

10% of Alameda workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Alameda from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
78,630
Alameda · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$137,697
+54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,235,700
+199% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Alameda County): Alameda's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.6M+7%
Median Income
$129,367+79%
Median Home Value
$1,090,100+121%
Poverty Rate
9.2%-26%
Unemployment
5.4%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Alameda, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,474/mo
Poverty Rate
7.2% -42% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 61.5%
Work From Home 32.7%
Public Transit 10%

Population

White 43.1%
African American 6%
Asian 28.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.8%
High Blood Pressure
27.9%
Obesity
21.4%
Physical Inactivity
17.5%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.7%
Diabetes
10%
Current Asthma
9%
Current Smoking
8.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.4%
Annual Checkup 74%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
4.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.6%
Stroke
2.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL
ALAMEDA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Alameda?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Alameda right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-ALAMEDA · Alameda

Alameda: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Alameda; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Alameda, CA? ▼
Alameda, CA has a population of 78,630 people, located in Alameda County, California.
What is the median household income in Alameda? ▼
The median household income in Alameda, CA is $137,697 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.2%.
What is the median home value in Alameda? ▼
The median home value in Alameda, CA is $1,235,700. Median rent is $2,474/month.
What are the top health concerns in Alameda? ▼
The top health indicators in Alameda include Short Sleep Duration (32.8%), High Blood Pressure (27.9%), Obesity (21.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Alameda? ▼
Alameda has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Alameda? ▼
The median age in Alameda, CA is 41 years. 61.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Alameda, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.2% here).

Bellevue, WA 7.2% Centreville, VA 7.2% North Richland Hills, TX 7.2% Blaine, MN 7.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($137,697 here).

Mineola, NY $137,739 Andover, MN $137,593 Great Neck, NY $137,981 Bel Air North, MD $137,336

Compare Alameda with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Oakland, CA 419K Piedmont, CA 11K Emeryville, CA 12K Berkeley, CA 121K San Leandro, CA 91K Albany, CA 20K Bayview-Hunters Point, CA 35K Orinda, CA 19K
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Using Alameda's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Alameda area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Alameda against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Alameda County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.