Fortuna vs Humboldt Hill

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

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

Fortuna has the higher population (12,413 vs 3,421 in Humboldt Hill). Humboldt Hill has the higher median household income ($85,438 vs $61,603 in Fortuna). Humboldt Hill has the higher median home value ($408,800 vs $353,200 in Fortuna).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
Population	12,413	3,421
Median age	36.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$85,438
Median home value	$353,200	$408,800
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,576
Housing units	5,245	1,393
Homeownership rate	59.0%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
Population	12,210 → 12,413 (+1.7%)	4,315 → 3,421 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$46,193 → $61,603 (+33.4%)	$71,642 → $85,438 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$283,400 → $353,200 (+24.6%)	$269,900 → $408,800 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,126 (+23.5%)	$1,146 → $1,576 (+37.5%)

Fortuna

Population

12,21012,413

Median household income

$46,193$61,603

Median home value

$283,400$353,200

Median gross rent

$912$1,126

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)

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
Under 5	5.4%	10.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	8.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.2%
75 and over	7.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	62.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
No high school diploma	14.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
Drove alone	76.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
1-unit, detached	69.0%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Humboldt Hill
Poverty rate	16.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1975	1976