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Altamont, TN

1,100 Population
19.8 square miles 55.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grundy County: 42.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,662 ±$15,701 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $24,411 ±$1,876
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$40,221 ±$4,414 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grundy County: $45,573 † ±$6,540
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

24.1% ±11% (254  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 19.2% † 2,569 (±3% / ±399)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

32.6 minutes ±15.5 (9,635  ±2,755) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Grundy County: 33.9 160,690 (±3 / ±18,686)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

361 ±102 Number of households
  • Grundy County: 5,106 ±175
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.9 ±0.1 (1,052  ±301) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grundy County: 2.6 13,476 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

9.8% ±14.6% (18  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Grundy County: 4.2% † 118 (±2.3% / ±66)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

421 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Grundy County: 6,213 ±35
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$85,900 ±$26,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Grundy County: $133,400 ±$10,621
  • about one-third of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

6.6% ±6.3% (73  ±72.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 6.2% † 836 (±1.6% / ±214.7)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

73.8% ±26.2% (622  ±148.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grundy County: 80% 7,804 (±4.9% / ±480.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
12.5% ±9.5% (105  ±84.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grundy County: 12.4% † 1,209 (±2.2% / ±210.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

0.4% ±0.6% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Grundy County: 0.3% 47
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

7.5% ±4% (66  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 6.9% † 745 (±1.4% / ±151)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
66 Total veterans ±39 56 Male ±33 10 Female ±12

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