Los Alamos vs Los Olivos

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

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

Los Olivos has the higher population (939 vs 886 in Los Alamos). Los Olivos has the higher median household income ($140,968 vs $53,673 in Los Alamos). Los Olivos has the higher median home value ($1,373,000 vs $672,100 in Los Alamos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
Population	886	939
Median age	71.1 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$140,968
Median home value	$672,100	$1,373,000
Housing units	619	445
Homeownership rate	79.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
Population	1,634 → 886 (-45.8%)	791 → 939 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $53,673 (-16.9%)	$103,594 → $140,968 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $672,100 (+49.4%)	$882,600 → $1,373,000 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $536 (-67.9%)	$2,015 → $1,944 (-3.5%)

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

Los Olivos

Population

791939

Median household income

$103,594$140,968

Median home value

$882,600$1,373,000

Median gross rent

$2,015$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	1.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	30.6%	21.9%
75 and over	30.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
Drove alone	49.9%	63.5%
Carpooled	25.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	24.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
1-unit, detached	85.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Alamos	Los Olivos
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.6%
Average household size	1.76	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1994	1976