Alto vs Inverness

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

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

Inverness has the higher population (1,396 vs 866 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,694,400 in Inverness). Since 2019, Alto's population has grown faster (+41.7% vs +27.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Inverness
Population	866	1,396
Median age	45.4 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,199
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,694,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,984
Housing units	402	1,259
Homeownership rate	45.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Inverness
Population	611 → 866 (+41.7%)	1,097 → 1,396 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$185,395 → $216,495 (+16.8%)	$97,059 → $78,199 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$946,000 → $1,694,400 (+79.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,367 → $3,500 (+47.9%)	$2,303 → $1,984 (-13.9%)

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

Inverness

Population

1,0971,396

Median household income

$97,059$78,199

Median home value

$946,000$1,694,400

Median gross rent

$2,303$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Inverness
Under 5	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	1.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	25.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	27.6%
75 and over	0.0%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Inverness
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Inverness
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	16.9%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Inverness
Drove alone	90.0%	59.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	38.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Inverness
1-unit, detached	56.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Inverness
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.21	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1956	1966