Fortuna vs McKinleyville

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

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

McKinleyville has the higher population (17,152 vs 12,413 in Fortuna). McKinleyville has the higher median household income ($66,096 vs $61,603 in Fortuna). McKinleyville has the higher median home value ($414,200 vs $353,200 in Fortuna).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
Population	12,413	17,152
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$66,096
Median home value	$353,200	$414,200
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,441
Housing units	5,245	7,414
Homeownership rate	59.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
Population	12,210 → 12,413 (+1.7%)	17,208 → 17,152 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$46,193 → $61,603 (+33.4%)	$54,614 → $66,096 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$283,400 → $353,200 (+24.6%)	$296,700 → $414,200 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,126 (+23.5%)	$964 → $1,441 (+49.5%)

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

McKinleyville

Population

17,20817,152

Median household income

$54,614$66,096

Median home value

$296,700$414,200

Median gross rent

$964$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	3.9%
Asian	2.9%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
No high school diploma	14.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
Drove alone	76.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.5%
Walked	4.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	McKinleyville
Poverty rate	16.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1975	1992