Alto vs Woodacre

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

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

Woodacre has the higher population (1,574 vs 866 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,102,900 in Woodacre). Since 2019, Alto's population has grown faster (+41.7% vs +34.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Woodacre
Population	866	1,574
Median age	45.4 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$225,521
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,102,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,366
Housing units	402	686
Homeownership rate	45.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	63.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Woodacre
Population	611 → 866 (+41.7%)	1,171 → 1,574 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$185,395 → $216,495 (+16.8%)	$57,112 → $225,521 (+294.9%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$933,500 → $1,102,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,367 → $3,500 (+47.9%)	$1,349 → $2,366 (+75.4%)

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

Woodacre

Population

1,1711,574

Median household income

$57,112$225,521

Median home value

$933,500$1,102,900

Median gross rent

$1,349$2,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Woodacre
Under 5	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	23.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	2.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	25.4%	29.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Woodacre
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	85.6%
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%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Woodacre
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	16.9%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	45.9%	36.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Woodacre
Drove alone	90.0%	56.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Woodacre
1-unit, detached	56.7%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Woodacre
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1956	1954