Alhambra Valley vs Port Costa

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

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

Alhambra Valley has the higher population (937 vs 194 in Port Costa). Alhambra Valley has the higher median home value ($1,190,700 vs $586,500 in Port Costa). Since 2019, Alhambra Valley's population has grown faster (+19.7% vs +7.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
Population	937	194
Median age	44.4 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$202,024	—
Median home value	$1,190,700	$586,500
Housing units	318	144
Homeownership rate	91.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
Population	783 → 937 (+19.7%)	180 → 194 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$151,125 → $202,024 (+33.7%)	—
Median home value	$936,500 → $1,190,700 (+27.1%)	$586,300 → $586,500 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,775 → $2,778 (+0.1%)	—

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

Port Costa

Population

180194

Median home value

$586,300$586,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	45.9%
75 and over	14.2%	38.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	84.0%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	10.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
Drove alone	53.8%	56.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	27.5%
Worked from home	38.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
1-unit, detached	95.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
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

	Alhambra Valley	Port Costa
Poverty rate	20.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.95	1.35
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1965	1938