North Gate vs Port Costa

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

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

North Gate has the higher population (719 vs 194 in Port Costa). North Gate has the higher median home value ($1,732,100 vs $586,500 in Port Costa). Since 2019, Port Costa's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	North Gate	Port Costa
Population	719	194
Median age	54.7 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$204,024	—
Median home value	$1,732,100	$586,500
Housing units	255	144
Homeownership rate	87.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Gate	Port Costa
Population	685 → 719 (+5.0%)	180 → 194 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$231,053 → $204,024 (-11.7%)	—
Median home value	$1,180,600 → $1,732,100 (+46.7%)	$586,300 → $586,500 (+0.0%)

North Gate

Population

685719

Median household income

$231,053$204,024

Median home value

$1,180,600$1,732,100

Port Costa

Population

180194

Median home value

$586,300$586,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Gate	Port Costa
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	20.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	6.2%
65 to 74	26.3%	45.9%
75 and over	11.8%	38.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Gate	Port Costa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Gate	Port Costa
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	3.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	48.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	37.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Gate	Port Costa
Drove alone	51.5%	56.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	27.7%	15.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	27.5%
Worked from home	20.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Gate	Port Costa
1-unit, detached	64.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	35.7%	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

	North Gate	Port Costa
Poverty rate	5.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.96	1.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1985	1938