Alamo vs Discovery Bay

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

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

Discovery Bay has the higher population (15,243 vs 14,441 in Alamo). Alamo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $154,792 in Discovery Bay). Alamo has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $789,400 in Discovery Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
Population	14,441	15,243
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$154,792
Median home value	$2,000,001	$789,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,897
Housing units	5,360	6,101
Homeownership rate	92.4%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.3%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
Population	14,905 → 14,441 (-3.1%)	16,159 → 15,243 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$239,545 → $250,001 (+4.4%)	$130,547 → $154,792 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$1,670,500 → $2,000,001 (+19.7%)	$615,900 → $789,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,796 → $3,501 (+25.2%)	$2,541 → $2,897 (+14.0%)

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

Discovery Bay

Population

16,15915,243

Median household income

$130,547$154,792

Median home value

$615,900$789,400

Median gross rent

$2,541$2,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
Under 5	3.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.8%
75 and over	11.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	2.9%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	7.0%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
Drove alone	53.7%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.6%
Public transit	4.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	30.0%	18.9%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
1-unit, detached	92.4%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Discovery Bay
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	42
Median year structure built	1978	1995