Alta vs Dutch Flat

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

Alta and Dutch Flat 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 103 in Dutch Flat). Alta has the higher median home value ($468,200 vs $415,000 in Dutch Flat). Since 2019, Alta's population has grown faster (+30.7% vs -42.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Dutch Flat
Population	740	103
Median age	46.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	—
Median home value	$468,200	$415,000
Housing units	390	122
Homeownership rate	90.4%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	65.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	20.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Dutch Flat
Population	566 → 740 (+30.7%)	178 → 103 (-42.1%)
Median household income	$99,141 → $94,718 (-4.5%)	$40,179 → $43,125 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$384,100 → $468,200 (+21.9%)	$212,500 → $415,000 (+95.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $775 (-46.7%)	—

Alta

Population

566740

Median household income

$99,141$94,718

Median home value

$384,100$468,200

Median gross rent

$1,453$775

Dutch Flat

Population

178103

Median household income

$40,179$43,125

Median home value

$212,500$415,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Dutch Flat
Under 5	3.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	21.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	33.0%
75 and over	6.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Dutch Flat
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Dutch Flat
No high school diploma	1.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Dutch Flat
Drove alone	61.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Dutch Flat
1-unit, detached	95.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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	Dutch Flat
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	47	63
Median year structure built	1982	1938