Alto vs Muir Beach

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

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

Alto has the higher population (866 vs 399 in Muir Beach). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001. Since 2019, Alto's population has grown faster (+41.7% vs +18.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Muir Beach
Population	866	399
Median age	45.4 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$157,500
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$2,188
Housing units	402	203
Homeownership rate	45.7%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Muir Beach
Population	611 → 866 (+41.7%)	336 → 399 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$185,395 → $216,495 (+16.8%)	$156,250 → $157,500 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,450,000 → $2,000,001 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,367 → $3,500 (+47.9%)	$1,655 → $2,188 (+32.2%)

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

Muir Beach

Population

336399

Median household income

$156,250$157,500

Median home value

$1,450,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,655$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Muir Beach
Under 5	2.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	16.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	25.4%	25.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	20.1%
75 and over	0.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Muir Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	93.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Muir Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.9%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	42.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Muir Beach
Drove alone	90.0%	50.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	46.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Muir Beach
1-unit, detached	56.7%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Muir Beach
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1956	1960