Alta vs Dollar Point

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Dollar Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dollar Point has the higher population (1,319 vs 740 in Alta). Alta has the higher median household income ($94,718 vs $94,141 in Dollar Point). Dollar Point has the higher median home value ($949,300 vs $468,200 in Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Dollar Point
Population	740	1,319
Median age	46.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	$94,141
Median home value	$468,200	$949,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,222
Housing units	390	1,865
Homeownership rate	90.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Dollar Point
Population	566 → 740 (+30.7%)	805 → 1,319 (+63.9%)
Median household income	$99,141 → $94,718 (-4.5%)	$74,625 → $94,141 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$384,100 → $468,200 (+21.9%)	$706,400 → $949,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $775 (-46.7%)	$1,059 → $2,222 (+109.8%)

Alta

Population

566740

Median household income

$99,141$94,718

Median home value

$384,100$468,200

Median gross rent

$1,453$775

Dollar Point

Population

8051,319

Median household income

$74,625$94,141

Median home value

$706,400$949,300

Median gross rent

$1,059$2,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Dollar Point
Under 5	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	10.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	25.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.7%
75 and over	6.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Dollar Point
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
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%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Dollar Point
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	22.5%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	48.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Dollar Point
Drove alone	61.5%	60.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.5%
Worked from home	33.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Dollar Point
1-unit, detached	95.6%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Dollar Point
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	47	14
Median year structure built	1982	1974