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Alturas, CA

2,703 Population
2.8 square miles 952.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Modoc County: 49 ±2.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,725 ±$7,989 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Modoc County: $30,660 ±$3,035
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$54,634 ±$12,636 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Modoc County: $56,648 ±$3,735
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

23.3% ±8.6% (617  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Modoc County: 20.3% † 1,717 (±4.2% / ±357)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

14 minutes ±6.8 (12,310  ±6,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Modoc County: 21.5 † 58,735 (±3.8 / ±12,483)
  • about half the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

1,112 ±162 Number of households
  • Modoc County: 3,264 ±240
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.4 ±0.4 (2,654  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Modoc County: 2.5 8,088 (±0.2 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

1% ±1.3% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Modoc County: 4.8% † 75 (±3.5% / ±55)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

1,384 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Modoc County: 4,774 ±33
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$152,600 ±$30,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Modoc County: $212,000 ±$16,946
  • about one-fifth of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

20.6% ±8.2% (556  ±220.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Modoc County: 12.4% † 1,060 (±3.8% / ±328.2)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

88.7% ±11.9% (1,710  ±277.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Modoc County: 88% † 5,662 (±9.1% / ±603.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
26.1% ±8.3% (503  ±166.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Modoc County: 23% † 1,481 (±5.3% / ±346.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±3.7% (146  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Modoc County: 6.6% 569
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

12.6% ±5.4% (264  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Modoc County: 11.4% † 797 (±2.4% / ±165)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
264 Total veterans ±115 260 Male ±115 4 Female ±7

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