Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Altoona, AL

1,211 Population
4.6 square miles 263.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

41 ±11.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,245 ±$4,238 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,553 ±$1,515
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$36,694 ±$14,847 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $53,070 ±$1,864
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

24.4% ±6.9% (287  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.1% 17,401 (±1.3% / ±1,354)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

29.6 minutes ±21.6 (15,635  ±7,196) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 24.9 1,018,805 (±1.2 / ±57,932)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

461 ±130 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,160 ±581
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.5 ±0.5 (1,169  ±407) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,711 (±0 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

11.7% ±10% (24  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,108 (±1.1% / ±255)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

557 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,487 ±69
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$137,500 ±$77,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $160,600 ±$4,895
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

7% ±2.6% (84  ±41.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% 9,993 (±1% / ±976.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

85% ±43.7% (848  ±299.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 85.8% 62,249 (±2.7% / ±1,945.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
9.8% ±7.6% (98  ±83.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 17.5% 12,683 (±1.2% / ±861)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

1.3% ±2.3% (16  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6% 2,704
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

2.1% ±2.1% (22  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.6% † 5,323 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
22 Total veterans ±24 22 Male ±24 N/A Female ±13

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.