What is the population of Altoona town?

Altoona town has 1,211 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #298 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Altoona town?

Median household income in Altoona town is $36,694 a year, 53.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altoona town?

Median gross rent is $389 a month and the median home value is $137,500, so rent absorbs about 12.7% of median household income.

Is Altoona town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altoona town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Altoona, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Altoona, Alabama (Altoona, AL — Census place “Altoona town”) is 1,211 residents, ranking #298 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $36,694, the median home is worth $137,500 and median gross rent runs $389 a month. Looking for the Altoona Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Altoona, AL: 35952.

Population: 1,211Altoona town residents
Median household income: $36,694Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $389Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.7%Owner-occupied households

Altoona ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Altoona.

The Altoona AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35952

What the numbers mean in Altoona town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Altoona town median would spend about 12.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.4% of residents and 60.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Altoona town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Altoona town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,211 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #298 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 49% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Altoona town earn a median of $36,694 a year, 53.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 24.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Altoona town is valued at $137,500, 54.7% below the national figure and 13% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $389 a month, 72.3% below the national figure, or roughly $4,668 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Altoona town?: Altoona town has 1,211 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #298 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Altoona town?: Median household income in Altoona town is $36,694 a year, 53.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altoona town?: Median gross rent is $389 a month and the median home value is $137,500, so rent absorbs about 12.7% of median household income.
Is Altoona town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altoona town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Altoona town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.