Alta vs Carnelian Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Carnelian Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Alta and Carnelian Bay are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alta has the higher population (740 vs 432 in Carnelian Bay). Carnelian Bay has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $94,718 in Alta). Carnelian Bay has the higher median home value ($814,900 vs $468,200 in Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
Population	740	432
Median age	46.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	$196,250
Median home value	$468,200	$814,900
Median gross rent	—	$3,193
Housing units	390	1,009
Homeownership rate	90.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
Population	566 → 740 (+30.7%)	451 → 432 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$99,141 → $94,718 (-4.5%)	$77,841 → $196,250 (+152.1%)
Median home value	$384,100 → $468,200 (+21.9%)	$632,300 → $814,900 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $775 (-46.7%)	$1,792 → $3,193 (+78.2%)

Alta

Population

566740

Median household income

$99,141$94,718

Median home value

$384,100$468,200

Median gross rent

$1,453$775

Carnelian Bay

Population

451432

Median household income

$77,841$196,250

Median home value

$632,300$814,900

Median gross rent

$1,792$3,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	25.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.6%
75 and over	6.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	74.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	50.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
Drove alone	61.5%	43.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	56.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
1-unit, detached	95.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Carnelian Bay
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	47	15
Median year structure built	1982	1974