Alhambra is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 80,259 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Alhambra is the 103rd largest community in California.

Housing costs in Alhambra are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Alhambra 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 Alhambra telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.17% 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 thing noticeable about Alhambra, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Alhambra is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Alhambra a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One downside of living in Alhambra is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alhambra, the average commute to work is 31.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The citizens of Alhambra are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.39% of adults in Alhambra have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Alhambra in 2018 was $38,394, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,576 for a family of four. However, Alhambra contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alhambra is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alhambra home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alhambra residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Alhambra also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alhambra include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Alhambra has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (46.23%).

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