Los Alamos vs Mission Canyon

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

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

Mission Canyon has the higher population (2,296 vs 886 in Los Alamos). Mission Canyon has the higher median household income ($211,375 vs $53,673 in Los Alamos). Mission Canyon has the higher median home value ($1,890,900 vs $672,100 in Los Alamos).

Population, income & housing

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
Population	886	2,296
Median age	71.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,673	$211,375
Median home value	$672,100	$1,890,900
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	619	1,004
Homeownership rate	79.4%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
Population	1,634 → 886 (-45.8%)	2,508 → 2,296 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $53,673 (-16.9%)	$135,972 → $211,375 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $672,100 (+49.4%)	$1,165,900 → $1,890,900 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $536 (-67.9%)	$2,181 → $3,501 (+60.5%)

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

Mission Canyon

Population

2,5082,296

Median household income

$135,972$211,375

Median home value

$1,165,900$1,890,900

Median gross rent

$2,181$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	3.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	1.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	30.6%	14.1%
75 and over	30.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	75.7%
Black or African American	5.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	3.6%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
Drove alone	49.9%	53.1%
Carpooled	25.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	38.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
1-unit, detached	85.6%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Los Alamos	Mission Canyon
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.9%
Average household size	1.76	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1994	1956