| | Alturas, CA | Pacific Grove, CA | United States |
| Overall | 80.7 | 151.9 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 96.9 | 111.9 | 100 |
| Health | 119.9 | 143.7 | 100 |
| Housing | 44.3 | 410.1 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $155,500 | $1,208,600 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,520.0% | 8,680.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 76.4 | 98.8 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 93.6 | 112.2 | 100 |
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Reviews for Alturas 
5 Reviews
Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the More
I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern More
I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8 More
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Reviews for Pacific Grove 
3 Reviews
We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase More
PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million More
We were welcomed to the community and had great More
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