Altoona vs Egypt

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

Altoona and Egypt 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 1,039 in Egypt). Egypt has the higher median household income ($37,153 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Egypt has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $137,500 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Egypt
Population	1,211	1,039
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$37,153
Median home value	$137,500	$184,900
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	484
Homeownership rate	60.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Egypt
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	1,034 → 1,039 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$41,148 → $37,153 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$158,500 → $184,900 (+16.7%)
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

Egypt

Population

1,0341,039

Median household income

$41,148$37,153

Median home value

$158,500$184,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Egypt
Under 5	5.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	7.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	22.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	3.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	27.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.2%
75 and over	6.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Egypt
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	99.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Egypt
No high school diploma	15.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	51.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Egypt
Drove alone	93.4%	94.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Egypt
1-unit, detached	62.1%	77.3%
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%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Egypt
Poverty rate	24.4%	19.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	45
Median year structure built	1975	1991