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Alturas, CA

2,681 Population
2.8 square miles 944.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Modoc County: 47.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,209 ±$8,055 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Modoc County: $32,252 † ±$3,229
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$59,896 ±$15,615 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Modoc County: $59,455 † ±$6,095
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

18% ±7.3% (480  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Modoc County: 17.9% † 1,514 (±5.4% / ±457)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

18.5 minutes ±7.2 (17,655  ±7,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Modoc County: 22.5 † 61,760 (±4 / ±12,678)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

1,073 ±157 Number of households
  • Modoc County: 3,267 ±180
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.5 ±0.4 (2,624  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Modoc County: 2.5 8,053 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

2.6% ±3.8% (14  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Modoc County: 11.2% † 180 (±6% / ±97)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

1,363 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Modoc County: 4,764 ±14
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$170,100 ±$44,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Modoc County: $224,700 ±$19,423
  • about one-quarter of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

17.4% ±8.4% (464  ±225.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Modoc County: 10% † 854 (±3.5% / ±299.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

89.1% ±13.9% (1,698  ±293.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Modoc County: 86.7% 5,559 (±8.3% / ±540.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
32.8% ±9.3% (625  ±183.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Modoc County: 24.8% † 1,592 (±4.1% / ±263.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

7.8% ±5.8% (209  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Modoc County: 8.8% 757
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

15.8% ±6.2% (339  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Modoc County: 11.7% † 810 (±2.2% / ±151)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
339 Total veterans ±135 299 Male ±116 40 Female ±55

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