Alum Rock vs East Foothills

A side-by-side comparison of Alum Rock and East Foothills: population, income, housing, and more.

Alum Rock and East Foothills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alum Rock has the higher population (11,619 vs 8,630 in East Foothills). East Foothills has the higher median household income ($188,558 vs $111,976 in Alum Rock). East Foothills has the higher median home value ($1,214,000 vs $880,000 in Alum Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
Population	11,619	8,630
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,976	$188,558
Median home value	$880,000	$1,214,000
Median gross rent	$2,412	$3,247
Housing units	3,145	2,630
Homeownership rate	70.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
Population	11,551 → 11,619 (+0.6%)	6,233 → 8,630 (+38.5%)
Median household income	$90,405 → $111,976 (+23.9%)	$159,189 → $188,558 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $880,000 (+38.8%)	$887,700 → $1,214,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,832 → $2,412 (+31.7%)	$2,460 → $3,247 (+32.0%)

Alum Rock

Population

11,55111,619

Median household income

$90,405$111,976

Median home value

$633,800$880,000

Median gross rent

$1,832$2,412

East Foothills

Population

6,2338,630

Median household income

$159,189$188,558

Median home value

$887,700$1,214,000

Median gross rent

$2,460$3,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	5.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	27.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.6%	30.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
No high school diploma	33.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
Drove alone	79.2%	64.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	22.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
1-unit, detached	89.6%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Alum Rock	East Foothills
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.6%
Average household size	3.89	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1953	1957