Alpine vs Coronado

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

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

Coronado has the higher population (18,558 vs 15,470 in Alpine). Coronado has the higher median household income ($135,056 vs $111,723 in Alpine). Coronado has the higher median home value ($1,998,900 vs $810,000 in Alpine).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Coronado
Population	15,470	18,558
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,723	$135,056
Median home value	$810,000	$1,998,900
Median gross rent	$2,025	$3,250
Housing units	5,641	9,521
Homeownership rate	73.6%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Coronado
Population	14,878 → 15,470 (+4.0%)	23,639 → 18,558 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$87,930 → $111,723 (+27.1%)	$108,967 → $135,056 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$606,200 → $810,000 (+33.6%)	$1,617,000 → $1,998,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,025 (+22.6%)	$2,479 → $3,250 (+31.1%)

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

Coronado

Population

23,63918,558

Median household income

$108,967$135,056

Median home value

$1,617,000$1,998,900

Median gross rent

$2,479$3,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Coronado
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.7%
75 and over	7.2%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Coronado
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Coronado
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Coronado
Drove alone	81.1%	52.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	10.2%	18.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Coronado
1-unit, detached	71.3%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Coronado
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1988	1974