Arcata vs Humboldt Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Arcata and Humboldt Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Arcata and Humboldt Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arcata has the higher population (18,578 vs 3,421 in Humboldt Hill). Humboldt Hill has the higher median household income ($85,438 vs $48,731 in Arcata). Arcata has the higher median home value ($466,600 vs $408,800 in Humboldt Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
Population	18,578	3,421
Median age	28.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,731	$85,438
Median home value	$466,600	$408,800
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,576
Housing units	8,376	1,393
Homeownership rate	33.9%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
Population	18,178 → 18,578 (+2.2%)	4,315 → 3,421 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$35,506 → $48,731 (+37.2%)	$71,642 → $85,438 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$341,000 → $466,600 (+36.8%)	$269,900 → $408,800 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,287 (+25.8%)	$1,146 → $1,576 (+37.5%)

Arcata

Population

18,17818,578

Median household income

$35,506$48,731

Median home value

$341,000$466,600

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,287

Humboldt Hill

Population

4,3153,421

Median household income

$71,642$85,438

Median home value

$269,900$408,800

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
Under 5	2.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	10.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	30.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.2%
75 and over	4.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	62.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
No high school diploma	5.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
Drove alone	59.2%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.4%
Walked	12.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	9.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
1-unit, detached	44.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Arcata	Humboldt Hill
Poverty rate	29.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1976	1976