Altoona vs Tidmore Bend

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

Altoona and Tidmore Bend 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 1,086 in Tidmore Bend). Tidmore Bend has the higher median household income ($49,688 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Tidmore Bend has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $137,500 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
Population	1,211	1,086
Median age	41.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$49,688
Median home value	$137,500	$184,700
Median gross rent	$389	$975
Housing units	557	476
Homeownership rate	60.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	1,221 → 1,086 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$51,250 → $49,688 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$90,800 → $184,700 (+103.4%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	$767 → $975 (+27.1%)

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Tidmore Bend

Population

1,2211,086

Median household income

$51,250$49,688

Median home value

$90,800$184,700

Median gross rent

$767$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	22.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	17.1%
75 and over	6.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
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%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
No high school diploma	15.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	51.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
Drove alone	93.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
1-unit, detached	62.1%	84.5%
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%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Tidmore Bend
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1975	1986