Alamo vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alamo has the higher population (14,441 vs 10,962 in Clayton). Alamo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $172,226 in Clayton). Alamo has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,017,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Clayton
Population	14,441	10,962
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$172,226
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,017,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	5,360	3,975
Homeownership rate	92.4%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.3%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Clayton
Population	14,905 → 14,441 (-3.1%)	12,083 → 10,962 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$239,545 → $250,001 (+4.4%)	$157,768 → $172,226 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$1,670,500 → $2,000,001 (+19.7%)	$771,400 → $1,017,300 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,796 → $3,501 (+25.2%)	$2,627 → $3,501 (+33.3%)

Alamo

Population

14,90514,441

Median household income

$239,545$250,001

Median home value

$1,670,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,796$3,501

Clayton

Population

12,08310,962

Median household income

$157,768$172,226

Median home value

$771,400$1,017,300

Median gross rent

$2,627$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Clayton
Under 5	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.4%
75 and over	11.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.4%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Clayton
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	7.0%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	44.2%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.1%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Clayton
Drove alone	53.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.2%
Public transit	4.4%	2.3%
Walked	2.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	30.0%	20.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Clayton
1-unit, detached	92.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Clayton
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1978	1984