Altoona vs Gallant

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

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

Gallant has the higher population (1,215 vs 1,211 in Altoona). Gallant has the higher median household income ($53,698 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $99,000 in Gallant).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Gallant
Population	1,211	1,215
Median age	41.0 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$53,698
Median home value	$137,500	$99,000
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	585
Homeownership rate	60.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Gallant
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	833 → 1,215 (+45.9%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$54,844 → $53,698 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$123,200 → $99,000 (-19.6%)
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

Gallant

Population

8331,215

Median household income

$54,844$53,698

Median home value

$123,200$99,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Gallant
Under 5	5.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	22.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	24.7%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Gallant
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	99.1%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Gallant
No high school diploma	15.0%	19.2%
High school graduate	51.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Gallant
Drove alone	93.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Gallant
1-unit, detached	62.1%	93.5%
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%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Gallant
Poverty rate	24.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1975	1971