Alturas vs Wahneta

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

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

Wahneta has the higher population (4,464 vs 3,866 in Alturas). Alturas has the higher median household income ($68,955 vs $51,795 in Wahneta). Alturas has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $70,900 in Wahneta).

Population, income & housing

	Alturas	Wahneta
Population	3,866	4,464
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,955	$51,795
Median home value	$164,500	$70,900
Median gross rent	$941	$971
Housing units	1,565	1,419
Homeownership rate	83.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alturas	Wahneta
Population	3,475 → 3,866 (+11.3%)	4,862 → 4,464 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$45,488 → $68,955 (+51.6%)	$33,621 → $51,795 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $164,500 (+47.4%)	$61,600 → $70,900 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $941 (+6.3%)	$732 → $971 (+32.7%)

Alturas

Population

3,4753,866

Median household income

$45,488$68,955

Median home value

$111,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$885$941

Wahneta

Population

4,8624,464

Median household income

$33,621$51,795

Median home value

$61,600$70,900

Median gross rent

$732$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alturas	Wahneta
Under 5	2.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	28.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	7.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alturas	Wahneta
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	33.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	66.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alturas	Wahneta
No high school diploma	17.4%	34.8%
High school graduate	43.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alturas	Wahneta
Drove alone	81.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alturas	Wahneta
1-unit, detached	44.9%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Alturas	Wahneta
Poverty rate	14.6%	26.7%
Average household size	3.09	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1990	1971