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Altamont, TN

1,322 Population
19.8 square miles 66.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grundy County: 42.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,736 ±$13,942 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $25,175 ±$2,374
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,373 ±$3,715 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grundy County: $47,593 † ±$6,668
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±6.8% (202  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grundy County: 18.9% † 2,552 (±3.4% / ±453)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.4 minutes ±16.3 (13,085  ±3,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Grundy County: 35.1 166,600 (±2.4 / ±18,071)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

428 ±91 Number of households
  • Grundy County: 5,161 ±163
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (1,270  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grundy County: 2.6 13,621 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.8% ±13.6% (30  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Grundy County: 3.2% † 91 (±2% / ±57)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

485 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Grundy County: 6,240 ±31
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,900 ±$56,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Grundy County: $154,000 ±$8,605
  • about one-third of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±6.9% (113  ±94.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 6.9% † 951 (±1.6% / ±214.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.8% ±26.4% (784  ±168.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grundy County: 82.7% 8,135 (±5.1% / ±505.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±8.3% (115  ±83.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grundy County: 14.3% † 1,407 (±2.3% / ±229.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.5% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Grundy County: 0.6% 88
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±3.2% (68  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Grundy County: 6.2% † 668 (±1.3% / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±37 57 Male ±32 11 Female ±13

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