Los Alamitos is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,550 people and six associated neighborhoods, Los Alamitos is the 397th largest community in California.

Los Alamitos home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Los Alamitos real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Los Alamitos has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Los Alamitos telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.04% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Los Alamitos, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.45 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Los Alamitos ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Los Alamitos, 44.43% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Los Alamitos in 2022 was $48,541, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,164 for a family of four. However, Los Alamitos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Los Alamitos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Los Alamitos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Los Alamitos residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Los Alamitos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Los Alamitos include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Los Alamitos is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.