Fort Bidwell vs Lookout

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

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

Fort Bidwell has the higher population (172 vs 43 in Lookout). Since 2019, Lookout's population has grown faster (-2.3% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
Population	172	43
Median age	50.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,750	—
Median home value	$193,800	—
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	129	43
Homeownership rate	59.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
Population	192 → 172 (-10.4%)	44 → 43 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $36,750 (+5.0%)	—
Median home value	$185,000 → $193,800 (+4.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$315 → $565 (+79.4%)	—

Fort Bidwell

Population

192172

Median household income

$35,000$36,750

Median home value

$185,000$193,800

Median gross rent

$315$565

Lookout

Population

4443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	33.1%	48.8%
35 to 44	1.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	7.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	0.0%
75 and over	19.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	43.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.7%	81.4%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
Drove alone	11.4%	92.0%
Carpooled	44.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
1-unit, detached	89.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bidwell	Lookout
Poverty rate	20.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	71	14
Median year structure built	1974	1938