Alpine County vs Mono County

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

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

Mono County has the higher population (13,169 vs 1,695 in Alpine County). Alpine County has the higher median household income ($110,781 vs $86,953 in Mono County). Mono County has the higher median home value ($514,300 vs $466,100 in Alpine County).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine County	Mono County
Population	1,695	13,169
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,781	$86,953
Median home value	$466,100	$514,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,593
Housing units	1,587	13,632
Homeownership rate	81.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine County	Mono County
Population	1,039 → 1,695 (+63.1%)	14,310 → 13,169 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $110,781 (+73.8%)	$62,260 → $86,953 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$365,300 → $466,100 (+27.6%)	$312,500 → $514,300 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $639 (+18.8%)	$1,206 → $1,593 (+32.1%)

Alpine County

Population

1,0391,695

Median household income

$63,750$110,781

Median home value

$365,300$466,100

Median gross rent

$538$639

Mono County

Population

14,31013,169

Median household income

$62,260$86,953

Median home value

$312,500$514,300

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine County	Mono County
Under 5	9.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	19.8%	10.7%
75 and over	1.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine County	Mono County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	24.6%	1.6%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine County	Mono County
No high school diploma	3.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	18.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine County	Mono County
Drove alone	54.5%	66.4%
Carpooled	15.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	25.5%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine County	Mono County
1-unit, detached	67.7%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	24.8%
20 or more units	8.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Alpine County	Mono County
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.0%
Average household size	3.42	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1981	1980