Altoona vs Ballplay

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Ballplay: population, income, housing, and more.

Altoona and Ballplay are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altoona has the higher population (1,211 vs 1,149 in Ballplay). Ballplay has the higher median household income ($60,825 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Ballplay has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $137,500 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Ballplay
Population	1,211	1,149
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$60,825
Median home value	$137,500	$152,800
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	590
Homeownership rate	60.7%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Ballplay
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	1,605 → 1,149 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$70,938 → $60,825 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$72,400 → $152,800 (+111.0%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	—

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Ballplay

Population

1,6051,149

Median household income

$70,938$60,825

Median home value

$72,400$152,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Ballplay
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	22.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	18.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	5.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Ballplay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Ballplay
No high school diploma	15.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	51.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Ballplay
Drove alone	93.4%	98.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Ballplay
1-unit, detached	62.1%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	49.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Ballplay
Poverty rate	24.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1975	1994