The overall crime rate in Alpine is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Alpine spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Alpine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Alpine ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Alpine, 42.27% 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 Alpine in 2022 was $34,893, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,572 for a family of four. However, Alpine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alpine is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alpine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Alpine, accounting for 49.54% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Alpine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alpine include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Alpine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
