Alameda vs Livermore

A side-by-side comparison of Alameda and Livermore: population, income, housing, and more.

Alameda and Livermore are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Livermore has the higher population (85,870 vs 76,876 in Alameda). Livermore has the higher median household income ($153,602 vs $132,015 in Alameda). Alameda has the higher median home value ($1,203,900 vs $1,038,600 in Livermore).

Population, income & housing

	Alameda	Livermore
Population	76,876	85,870
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$132,015	$153,602
Median home value	$1,203,900	$1,038,600
Median gross rent	$2,394	$2,640
Housing units	32,129	31,874
Homeownership rate	49.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alameda	Livermore
Population	78,522 → 76,876 (-2.1%)	89,699 → 85,870 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$104,756 → $132,015 (+26.0%)	$127,452 → $153,602 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$859,900 → $1,203,900 (+40.0%)	$744,200 → $1,038,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,836 → $2,394 (+30.4%)	$2,063 → $2,640 (+28.0%)

Alameda

Population

78,52276,876

Median household income

$104,756$132,015

Median home value

$859,900$1,203,900

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,394

Livermore

Population

89,69985,870

Median household income

$127,452$153,602

Median home value

$744,200$1,038,600

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alameda	Livermore
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alameda	Livermore
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	53.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	30.0%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alameda	Livermore
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alameda	Livermore
Drove alone	46.7%	64.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.2%
Public transit	12.2%	2.4%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	20.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alameda	Livermore
1-unit, detached	42.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	20.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alameda	Livermore
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1964	1978