Alhambra vs Santa Monica

A side-by-side comparison of Alhambra and Santa Monica: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Monica has the higher population (91,535 vs 81,483 in Alhambra). Santa Monica has the higher median household income ($109,739 vs $85,189 in Alhambra). Santa Monica has the higher median home value ($1,810,200 vs $812,700 in Alhambra).

Population, income & housing

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
Population	81,483	91,535
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,189	$109,739
Median home value	$812,700	$1,810,200
Median gross rent	$1,852	$2,338
Housing units	32,130	52,381
Homeownership rate	42.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
Population	84,647 → 81,483 (-3.7%)	91,577 → 91,535 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$61,384 → $85,189 (+38.8%)	$96,570 → $109,739 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$612,700 → $812,700 (+32.6%)	$1,382,700 → $1,810,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,436 → $1,852 (+29.0%)	$1,802 → $2,338 (+29.7%)

Alhambra

Population

84,64781,483

Median household income

$61,384$85,189

Median home value

$612,700$812,700

Median gross rent

$1,436$1,852

Santa Monica

Population

91,57791,535

Median household income

$96,570$109,739

Median home value

$1,382,700$1,810,200

Median gross rent

$1,802$2,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	9.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	61.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	50.8%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
No high school diploma	16.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
Drove alone	71.6%	50.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.0%
Public transit	2.6%	2.8%
Walked	2.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	12.3%	33.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
1-unit, detached	41.8%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	38.9%
20 or more units	11.7%	28.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Alhambra	Santa Monica
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.68	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1960	1967