Fort Bidwell vs Newell

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

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

Newell has the higher population (491 vs 172 in Fort Bidwell). Fort Bidwell has the higher median household income ($36,750 vs $35,446 in Newell). Since 2019, Fort Bidwell's population has grown faster (-10.4% vs -13.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
Population	172	491
Median age	50.5 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,750	$35,446
Median home value	$193,800	—
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	129	144
Homeownership rate	59.3%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
Population	192 → 172 (-10.4%)	566 → 491 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $36,750 (+5.0%)	$27,656 → $35,446 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$185,000 → $193,800 (+4.8%)	$55,000 → $55,900 (+1.6%)
Median gross rent	$315 → $565 (+79.4%)	$663 → $763 (+15.1%)

Fort Bidwell

Population

192172

Median household income

$35,000$36,750

Median home value

$185,000$193,800

Median gross rent

$315$565

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)

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
Under 5	4.1%	13.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	21.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	33.1%	26.7%
35 to 44	1.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	18.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	5.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	0.0%
75 and over	19.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	43.2%
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%	56.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
No high school diploma	9.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	45.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
Drove alone	11.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	44.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.8%	13.6%
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	Newell
1-unit, detached	89.9%	56.9%
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%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bidwell	Newell
Poverty rate	20.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.92	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	71	41
Median year structure built	1974	1973