Alturas vs Cedarville

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

Alturas and Cedarville 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 718 in Cedarville). Alturas has the higher median household income ($54,634 vs $50,804 in Cedarville). Cedarville has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $152,600 in Alturas).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	Cedarville
Population	2,703	718
Median age	45.2 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,634	$50,804
Median home value	$152,600	$212,800
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	1,384	342
Homeownership rate	67.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	Cedarville
Population	2,567 → 2,703 (+5.3%)	606 → 718 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $54,634 (+44.1%)	$29,500 → $50,804 (+72.2%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $152,600 (+66.2%)	$115,900 → $212,800 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $781 (+5.4%)	$659 → $907 (+37.6%)

Alturas

Population

2,5672,703

Median household income

$37,917$54,634

Median home value

$91,800$152,600

Median gross rent

$741$781

Cedarville

Population

606718

Median household income

$29,500$50,804

Median home value

$115,900$212,800

Median gross rent

$659$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	Cedarville
Under 5	5.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	19.8%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	Cedarville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	Cedarville
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	Cedarville
Drove alone	72.5%	61.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	34.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	Cedarville
1-unit, detached	80.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	Cedarville
Poverty rate	23.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1969	1967