Alpine vs Bostonia

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

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

Bostonia has the higher population (16,545 vs 15,470 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($111,723 vs $73,549 in Bostonia). Alpine has the higher median home value ($810,000 vs $435,900 in Bostonia).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Bostonia
Population	15,470	16,545
Median age	42.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,723	$73,549
Median home value	$810,000	$435,900
Median gross rent	$2,025	$1,932
Housing units	5,641	5,968
Homeownership rate	73.6%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Bostonia
Population	14,878 → 15,470 (+4.0%)	16,603 → 16,545 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$87,930 → $111,723 (+27.1%)	$55,368 → $73,549 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$606,200 → $810,000 (+33.6%)	$368,300 → $435,900 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,025 (+22.6%)	$1,493 → $1,932 (+29.4%)

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

Bostonia

Population

16,60316,545

Median household income

$55,368$73,549

Median home value

$368,300$435,900

Median gross rent

$1,493$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Bostonia
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.1%
75 and over	7.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Bostonia
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	50.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Bostonia
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	20.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Bostonia
Drove alone	81.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	4.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Bostonia
1-unit, detached	71.3%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	13.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Bostonia
Poverty rate	10.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1988	1978