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Altoona, AL

1,252 Population
4.6 square miles 272.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,483 ±$5,261 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $29,604 ±$1,436
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,056 ±$17,183 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $54,563 ±$2,653
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.2% ±8.9% (286  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 16.9% † 17,227 (±1.7% / ±1,735)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±24.8 (15,510  ±8,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 25.5 1,046,710 (±1 / ±50,694)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

454 ±166 Number of households
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 39,411 ±707
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.6 (1,212  ±514) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.6 101,530 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±7.8% (13  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,271 (±1% / ±228)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

554 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 47,603 ±49
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,100 ±$84,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: $167,100 ±$4,938
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±3.6% (82  ±55.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 9.8% † 10,006 (±1.1% / ±1,066.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82% ±47.8% (848  ±323.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 86.1% 62,378 (±2.6% / ±1,859.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±7.2% (80  ±82.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 18.1% 13,109 (±1.2% / ±895)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±2.6% (20  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 2.5% 2,523
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2.7% (39  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gadsden, AL Metro Area: 6.3% † 5,102 (±0.7% / ±564)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
39 Total veterans ±34 39 Male ±34 N/A Female ±13

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