Fortuna vs Myrtletown

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

Fortuna and Myrtletown 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 5,028 in Myrtletown). Fortuna has the higher median household income ($61,603 vs $55,543 in Myrtletown). Myrtletown has the higher median home value ($437,600 vs $353,200 in Fortuna).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
Population	12,413	5,028
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$55,543
Median home value	$353,200	$437,600
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,712
Housing units	5,245	2,343
Homeownership rate	59.0%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
Population	12,210 → 12,413 (+1.7%)	5,222 → 5,028 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$46,193 → $61,603 (+33.4%)	$59,330 → $55,543 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$283,400 → $353,200 (+24.6%)	$278,700 → $437,600 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,126 (+23.5%)	$1,179 → $1,712 (+45.2%)

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

Myrtletown

Population

5,2225,028

Median household income

$59,330$55,543

Median home value

$278,700$437,600

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
No high school diploma	14.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	28.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
Drove alone	76.4%	51.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	22.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	1.6%
Worked from home	6.1%	21.0%
Other means	0.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
1-unit, detached	69.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	12.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Myrtletown
Poverty rate	16.8%	20.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1975	1979