Alpine vs Bonita

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Bonita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpine has the higher population (15,470 vs 13,336 in Bonita). Bonita has the higher median household income ($117,750 vs $111,723 in Alpine). Bonita has the higher median home value ($902,200 vs $810,000 in Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Bonita
Population	15,470	13,336
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,723	$117,750
Median home value	$810,000	$902,200
Median gross rent	$2,025	$2,234
Housing units	5,641	4,798
Homeownership rate	73.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Bonita
Population	14,878 → 15,470 (+4.0%)	12,706 → 13,336 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$87,930 → $111,723 (+27.1%)	$99,427 → $117,750 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$606,200 → $810,000 (+33.6%)	$662,400 → $902,200 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,025 (+22.6%)	$1,882 → $2,234 (+18.7%)

Alpine

Population

14,87815,470

Median household income

$87,930$111,723

Median home value

$606,200$810,000

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,025

Bonita

Population

12,70613,336

Median household income

$99,427$117,750

Median home value

$662,400$902,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Bonita
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.3%
75 and over	7.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Bonita
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	33.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	49.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Bonita
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Bonita
Drove alone	81.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Bonita
1-unit, detached	71.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Bonita
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1988	1975