Altoona vs Carlisle-Rockledge

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

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

Carlisle-Rockledge has the higher population (1,791 vs 1,211 in Altoona). Carlisle-Rockledge has the higher median household income ($59,246 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Carlisle-Rockledge has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $137,500 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
Population	1,211	1,791
Median age	41.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$59,246
Median home value	$137,500	$152,000
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	740
Homeownership rate	60.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	2,577 → 1,791 (-30.5%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$32,078 → $59,246 (+84.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$127,700 → $152,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	$683 → $748 (+9.5%)

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Carlisle-Rockledge

Population

2,5771,791

Median household income

$32,078$59,246

Median home value

$127,700$152,000

Median gross rent

$683$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	22.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.3%
75 and over	6.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
No high school diploma	15.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	51.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
Drove alone	93.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	1.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.7%
Other means	2.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
1-unit, detached	62.1%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Carlisle-Rockledge
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.54	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1975	1979