Fortuna vs Rio Dell

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

Fortuna and Rio Dell 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 3,371 in Rio Dell). Fortuna has the higher median household income ($61,603 vs $46,055 in Rio Dell). Fortuna has the higher median home value ($353,200 vs $313,400 in Rio Dell).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
Population	12,413	3,371
Median age	36.7 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$46,055
Median home value	$353,200	$313,400
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,057
Housing units	5,245	1,591
Homeownership rate	59.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
Population	12,210 → 12,413 (+1.7%)	3,373 → 3,371 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$46,193 → $61,603 (+33.4%)	$41,071 → $46,055 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$283,400 → $353,200 (+24.6%)	$196,500 → $313,400 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$912 → $1,126 (+23.5%)	$902 → $1,057 (+17.2%)

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

Rio Dell

Population

3,3733,371

Median household income

$41,071$46,055

Median home value

$196,500$313,400

Median gross rent

$902$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
Under 5	5.4%	10.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	53.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
Drove alone	76.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
1-unit, detached	69.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Rio Dell
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1975	1967