Alturas vs California Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Alturas and California Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alturas has the higher population (2,703 vs 359 in California Pines). California Pines has the higher median household income ($55,583 vs $54,634 in Alturas). California Pines has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $152,600 in Alturas).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	California Pines
Population	2,703	359
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,634	$55,583
Median home value	$152,600	$244,000
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	1,384	203
Homeownership rate	67.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	California Pines
Population	2,567 → 2,703 (+5.3%)	431 → 359 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $54,634 (+44.1%)	$31,197 → $55,583 (+78.2%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $152,600 (+66.2%)	$88,000 → $244,000 (+177.3%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $781 (+5.4%)	—

Alturas

Population

2,5672,703

Median household income

$37,917$54,634

Median home value

$91,800$152,600

Median gross rent

$741$781

California Pines

Population

431359

Median household income

$31,197$55,583

Median home value

$88,000$244,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	California Pines
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	30.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	2.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	4.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.7%
75 and over	8.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	California Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	California Pines
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	62.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	California Pines
Drove alone	72.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	California Pines
1-unit, detached	80.5%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	California Pines
Poverty rate	23.3%	41.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1969	1990