Alto vs Point Reyes Station

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Point Reyes Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Alto and Point Reyes Station 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 465 in Point Reyes Station). Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,717,100 in Point Reyes Station). Since 2019, Point Reyes Station's population has grown faster (+61.5% vs +41.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
Population	866	465
Median age	45.4 yrs	75.4 yrs
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,717,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,992
Housing units	402	446
Homeownership rate	45.7%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
Population	611 → 866 (+41.7%)	288 → 465 (+61.5%)
Median household income	$185,395 → $216,495 (+16.8%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,807,700 → $1,717,100 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,367 → $3,500 (+47.9%)	$1,610 → $1,992 (+23.7%)

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

Point Reyes Station

Population

288465

Median home value

$1,807,700$1,717,100

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.4%	28.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.4%
75 and over	0.0%	52.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.2%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.9%	0.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
Drove alone	90.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
1-unit, detached	56.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Point Reyes Station
Poverty rate	4.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.21	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1956	1983