Alturas vs Eagle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Alturas and Eagle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Alturas and Eagle Lake are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alturas has the higher population (3,866 vs 3,382 in Eagle Lake). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($70,208 vs $68,955 in Alturas). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($227,700 vs $164,500 in Alturas).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
Population	3,866	3,382
Median age	35.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,955	$70,208
Median home value	$164,500	$227,700
Median gross rent	$941	$1,355
Housing units	1,565	1,275
Homeownership rate	83.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
Population	3,475 → 3,866 (+11.3%)	2,621 → 3,382 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$45,488 → $68,955 (+51.6%)	$52,262 → $70,208 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $164,500 (+47.4%)	$120,000 → $227,700 (+89.8%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $941 (+6.3%)	$885 → $1,355 (+53.1%)

Alturas

Population

3,4753,866

Median household income

$45,488$68,955

Median home value

$111,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$885$941

Eagle Lake

Population

2,6213,382

Median household income

$52,262$70,208

Median home value

$120,000$227,700

Median gross rent

$885$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
Under 5	2.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.5%	3.2%
75 and over	3.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	59.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
No high school diploma	17.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
Drove alone	81.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
1-unit, detached	44.9%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	Eagle Lake
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.0%
Average household size	3.09	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1990	1982