Alturas vs Newell

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

Alturas and Newell 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 491 in Newell). Alturas has the higher median household income ($54,634 vs $35,446 in Newell). Since 2019, Alturas's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -13.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	Newell
Population	2,703	491
Median age	45.2 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,634	$35,446
Median home value	$152,600	—
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	1,384	144
Homeownership rate	67.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	Newell
Population	2,567 → 2,703 (+5.3%)	566 → 491 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $54,634 (+44.1%)	$27,656 → $35,446 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$91,800 → $152,600 (+66.2%)	$55,000 → $55,900 (+1.6%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $781 (+5.4%)	$663 → $763 (+15.1%)

Alturas

Population

2,5672,703

Median household income

$37,917$54,634

Median home value

$91,800$152,600

Median gross rent

$741$781

Newell

Population

566491

Median household income

$27,656$35,446

Median home value

$55,000$55,900

Median gross rent

$663$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	Newell
Under 5	5.5%	13.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	26.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	0.0%
75 and over	8.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	Newell
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	43.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	Newell
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	Newell
Drove alone	72.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	Newell
1-unit, detached	80.5%	56.9%
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%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	Newell
Poverty rate	23.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.39	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	14	41
Median year structure built	1969	1973