Alturas vs Fort Bidwell

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

Alturas and Fort Bidwell 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 172 in Fort Bidwell). Alturas has the higher median household income ($54,634 vs $36,750 in Fort Bidwell). Fort Bidwell has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $152,600 in Alturas).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
Population	2,703	172
Median age	45.2 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,634	$36,750
Median home value	$152,600	$193,800
Median gross rent	$781	$565
Housing units	1,384	129
Homeownership rate	67.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
Population	2,567 → 2,703 (+5.3%)	192 → 172 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $54,634 (+44.1%)	$35,000 → $36,750 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $152,600 (+66.2%)	$185,000 → $193,800 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $781 (+5.4%)	$315 → $565 (+79.4%)

Alturas

Population

2,5672,703

Median household income

$37,917$54,634

Median home value

$91,800$152,600

Median gross rent

$741$781

Fort Bidwell

Population

192172

Median household income

$35,000$36,750

Median home value

$185,000$193,800

Median gross rent

$315$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	1.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	33.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	1.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.1%
75 and over	8.4%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	47.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	43.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	29.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
Drove alone	72.5%	11.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	44.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	29.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
1-unit, detached	80.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	Fort Bidwell
Poverty rate	23.3%	20.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	71
Median year structure built	1969	1974