Alto vs Bolinas

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Bolinas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bolinas has the higher population (1,176 vs 866 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,909,100 in Bolinas). Since 2019, Alto's population has grown faster (+41.7% vs +9.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Bolinas
Population	866	1,176
Median age	45.4 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$95,192
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,909,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	402	1,016
Homeownership rate	45.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Bolinas
Population	611 → 866 (+41.7%)	1,074 → 1,176 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$185,395 → $216,495 (+16.8%)	$61,667 → $95,192 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,094,400 → $1,909,100 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,367 → $3,500 (+47.9%)	$1,694 → $1,750 (+3.3%)

Alto

Population

611866

Median household income

$185,395$216,495

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,367$3,500

Bolinas

Population

1,0741,176

Median household income

$61,667$95,192

Median home value

$1,094,400$1,909,100

Median gross rent

$1,694$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Bolinas
Under 5	2.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	25.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	26.6%
75 and over	0.0%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Bolinas
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	81.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Bolinas
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	16.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Bolinas
Drove alone	90.0%	50.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	36.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Bolinas
1-unit, detached	56.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Bolinas
Poverty rate	4.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1956	1964