Ballard vs Los Alamos

A side-by-side comparison of Ballard and Los Alamos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Alamos has the higher population (886 vs 796 in Ballard). Ballard has the higher median household income ($113,750 vs $53,673 in Los Alamos). Ballard has the higher median home value ($1,589,300 vs $672,100 in Los Alamos).

Population, income & housing

	Ballard	Los Alamos
Population	796	886
Median age	40.3 yrs	71.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,750	$53,673
Median home value	$1,589,300	$672,100
Median gross rent	$2,260	—
Housing units	360	619
Homeownership rate	61.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballard	Los Alamos
Population	529 → 796 (+50.5%)	1,634 → 886 (-45.8%)
Median household income	$124,375 → $113,750 (-8.5%)	$64,583 → $53,673 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$914,800 → $1,589,300 (+73.7%)	$450,000 → $672,100 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $2,260 (+42.8%)	$1,669 → $536 (-67.9%)

Ballard

Population

529796

Median household income

$124,375$113,750

Median home value

$914,800$1,589,300

Median gross rent

$1,583$2,260

Los Alamos

Population

1,634886

Median household income

$64,583$53,673

Median home value

$450,000$672,100

Median gross rent

$1,669$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballard	Los Alamos
Under 5	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	3.2%
18 to 24	1.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	1.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	30.6%
75 and over	5.8%	30.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballard	Los Alamos
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballard	Los Alamos
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	11.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballard	Los Alamos
Drove alone	60.3%	49.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	21.5%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballard	Los Alamos
1-unit, detached	83.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballard	Los Alamos
Poverty rate	16.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.71	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1979	1994