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.Los Alamitos is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.76% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Los Alamitos is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Alamitos who work in management occupations (13.48%), office and administrative support (11.80%), and sales jobs (10.75%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Los Alamitos, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.45 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of Los Alamitos are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.43% of adults in Los Alamitos have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.
