Norris Canyon vs Port Costa

A side-by-side comparison of Norris Canyon and Port Costa: population, income, housing, and more.

Norris Canyon and Port Costa are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Norris Canyon has the higher population (846 vs 194 in Port Costa). Norris Canyon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $586,500 in Port Costa). Since 2019, Port Costa's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
Population	846	194
Median age	48.7 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$237,813	—
Median home value	$2,000,001	$586,500
Housing units	323	144
Homeownership rate	100.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
Population	897 → 846 (-5.7%)	180 → 194 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $237,813 (-4.9%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$586,300 → $586,500 (+0.0%)

Norris Canyon

Population

897846

Median household income

$250,001$237,813

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Port Costa

Population

180194

Median home value

$586,300$586,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.7%	6.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	45.9%
75 and over	5.6%	38.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	84.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
Drove alone	45.9%	56.5%
Carpooled	22.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	27.5%
Worked from home	31.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norris Canyon	Port Costa
Poverty rate	3.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.50	1.35
Mean commute (minutes)	40	—
Median year structure built	2005	1938