Acalanes Ridge vs Alhambra Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Acalanes Ridge and Alhambra Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Acalanes Ridge and Alhambra Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Acalanes Ridge has the higher population (1,025 vs 937 in Alhambra Valley). Alhambra Valley has the higher median household income ($202,024 vs $172,667 in Acalanes Ridge). Acalanes Ridge has the higher median home value ($1,574,600 vs $1,190,700 in Alhambra Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
Population	1,025	937
Median age	53.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$172,667	$202,024
Median home value	$1,574,600	$1,190,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	422	318
Homeownership rate	72.5%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
Population	1,134 → 1,025 (-9.6%)	783 → 937 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$161,806 → $172,667 (+6.7%)	$151,125 → $202,024 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$1,071,200 → $1,574,600 (+47.0%)	$936,500 → $1,190,700 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,775 → $2,778 (+0.1%)

Acalanes Ridge

Population

1,1341,025

Median household income

$161,806$172,667

Median home value

$1,071,200$1,574,600

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Alhambra Valley

Population

783937

Median household income

$151,125$202,024

Median home value

$936,500$1,190,700

Median gross rent

$2,775$2,778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
Under 5	3.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	1.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	20.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	5.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.4%
75 and over	12.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
No high school diploma	1.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	7.6%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	43.0%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
Drove alone	54.4%	53.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.7%	3.8%
Walked	9.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	38.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acalanes Ridge	Alhambra Valley
Poverty rate	4.5%	20.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1959	1965