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Alameda city, California: commercial real estate data.
Alameda city is a Census city of 77,238 people across 10.40 square miles of land, in Alameda County. Median household income is $137,697, 50.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 79 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $52.7 m.
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Alameda
What Alameda is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.4 sq mi
- Water area12.58 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,427
- County holding the largest share of its areaAlameda County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alameda
How many people live in Alameda
- Population77,238
- Median age41.0
- Population under 1816,978
- Share under 1822.0 percent
- Population 65 and over13,824
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent
- Households29,988
- Family households19,482
- Share of households that are families65.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alameda
Income and work in Alameda
- Median household income$137,697
- Per capita income$75,137
- Civilian labor force40,918
- Employed38,576
- Unemployed2,342
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over56,236
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alameda
Housing in Alameda
- Housing units32,291
- Occupied units29,988
- Vacant units2,303 plus or minus 467
- Vacancy rate7.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied15,194
- Renter occupied14,794
- Ownership rate50.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,235,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,474
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.6 percent
- Single family units17,932
- Share single family55.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14,219
- Share in buildings of two or more44.0 percent
- Mobile homes60 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alameda
How Alameda gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute25,761
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,846
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more13,097
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.8 percent
- Drove alone44.2 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent
- Public transport10.0 percent
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home32.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alameda
SBA loans in Alameda (7(a))
- Approvals79
- Gross approval$52,714,500
- Average approval$667,272
- Median approval$320,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,720,000
- Largest approval$4,440,000
- Jobs supported814
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full8
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.5 percent
- Share to franchises6.3 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS58
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Alameda
SBA loans in Alameda (504)
- Approvals40
- Gross approval$38,848,000
- Average approval$971,200
- Median approval$449,000
- Largest approval$5,033,000
- Jobs supported456
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Alameda
Flood risk in Alameda
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number060002
- Currently effective map date05/26/26
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Alameda County, not Alameda
Alameda County context, not Alameda figures
These are Alameda County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alameda measurements.
- Establishments in Alameda County42,318
- Employment at those establishments, Alameda County749,124
- Covered employment, Alameda County790,358
- Average annual pay, Alameda County$98,026
- Average weekly wage, Alameda County$1,885
- Housing units permitted, Alameda County1,743
- Of those, single family, Alameda County826
- County product, 2024, Alameda County$182,539,223,000
- County product change over the prior year, Alameda County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Alameda County$142,638
Every figure in this section is published for Alameda County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alameda. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Alameda questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alameda, California?
77,238, in 29,988 households. Alameda city covers 10.40 square miles of land, which is 7,427 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alameda in?
Alameda County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Alameda?
$137,697. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,235,700. Median gross rent is $2,474 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alameda businesses?
79 7(a) approvals totalling $52.7 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $320,000, plus 40 504 approvals worth $38.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alameda, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alameda borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alameda. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Alameda in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Alameda appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060002, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Alameda figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Alameda County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Alameda.
Is zoning published for Alameda?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.