Rankings · How Alturas ranks in CA
Alturas makes California’s top 10 on 3 lists
Alturas is ranked on 36 lists against the 844 California towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 5.
Lists ranked on
36
of CA’s 844 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
3
Best: #3 cheapest rent
Top-quarter finishes
5
of 22 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Cost of living
Top 1% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
Alturas is on California’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every CA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Alturas marked.
What kind of place
Colder winters than 100% of California
Not better or worse, just Alturas’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Colder winters than 100% of CA towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
20.4° January low
Shorter growing season than 100% of CA towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
97 days between frosts
More vacation homes than 91% of CA towns
Year-roundVacation homes
8.3% of homes are seasonal
More seniors than 81% of CA towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
23.3% of residents are 65+
Older than 78% of CA towns
YoungerOlder
45.3 median age
Fewer kids than 75% of CA towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
19.1% of residents are under 18
More snow than 71% of CA towns
Less snowMore snow
22 in of snow a year
Drier than 71% of CA towns
DrierWetter
12 in of rain + melted snow a year
Faster-rising prices than 66% of CA towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+49.0% in home prices, 5 years
Cooler summers than 54% of CA towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
88.6° July high
At a glance
Alturas lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is Alturas’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CA, the right end is last. Areas where Alturas does best come first.
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