Alta vs Cedar Flat

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Cedar Flat: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Flat has the higher population (926 vs 740 in Alta). Cedar Flat has the higher median household income ($124,118 vs $94,718 in Alta). Cedar Flat has the higher median home value ($961,700 vs $468,200 in Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Cedar Flat
Population	740	926
Median age	46.8 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	$124,118
Median home value	$468,200	$961,700
Housing units	390	1,151
Homeownership rate	90.4%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Cedar Flat
Population	566 → 740 (+30.7%)	886 → 926 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$99,141 → $94,718 (-4.5%)	$63,750 → $124,118 (+94.7%)
Median home value	$384,100 → $468,200 (+21.9%)	$826,300 → $961,700 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $775 (-46.7%)	$1,058 → $1,800 (+70.1%)

Alta

Population

566740

Median household income

$99,141$94,718

Median home value

$384,100$468,200

Median gross rent

$1,453$775

Cedar Flat

Population

886926

Median household income

$63,750$124,118

Median home value

$826,300$961,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Cedar Flat
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	1.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	26.1%
75 and over	6.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Cedar Flat
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Cedar Flat
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	29.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Cedar Flat
Drove alone	61.5%	45.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	52.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Cedar Flat
1-unit, detached	95.6%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Cedar Flat
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	47	18
Median year structure built	1982	1975