Los Alamitos vs Rossmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rossmoor has the higher population (11,895 vs 11,784 in Los Alamitos). Rossmoor has the higher median household income ($200,833 vs $98,539 in Los Alamitos). Rossmoor has the higher median home value ($1,234,700 vs $1,003,900 in Los Alamitos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
Population	11,784	11,895
Median age	37.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,539	$200,833
Median home value	$1,003,900	$1,234,700
Median gross rent	$2,273	$3,501
Housing units	4,447	4,072
Homeownership rate	41.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
Population	11,534 → 11,784 (+2.2%)	11,128 → 11,895 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$88,729 → $98,539 (+11.1%)	$127,891 → $200,833 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$761,200 → $1,003,900 (+31.9%)	$948,700 → $1,234,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,823 → $2,273 (+24.7%)	$2,678 → $3,501 (+30.7%)

Los Alamitos

Population

11,53411,784

Median household income

$88,729$98,539

Median home value

$761,200$1,003,900

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,273

Rossmoor

Population

11,12811,895

Median household income

$127,891$200,833

Median home value

$948,700$1,234,700

Median gross rent

$2,678$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.0%
75 and over	6.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	61.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.5%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	19.0%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
Drove alone	74.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	23.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	44.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Alamitos	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1970	1959