Alpine is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,927 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alpine is the 336th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Alpine 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: 10.39% 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.

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 16.40 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.

Alpine is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 43.22% of adults in Alpine have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Alpine in 2022 was $32,912, 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 $131,648 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 54.24% 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 German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

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