Altoona vs Whitesboro

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

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

Whitesboro has the higher population (2,098 vs 1,211 in Altoona). Whitesboro has the higher median household income ($66,215 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $117,900 in Whitesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Whitesboro
Population	1,211	2,098
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$66,215
Median home value	$137,500	$117,900
Median gross rent	$389	$946
Housing units	557	1,011
Homeownership rate	60.7%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Whitesboro
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	2,602 → 2,098 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$48,523 → $66,215 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$83,900 → $117,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	$681 → $946 (+38.9%)

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Whitesboro

Population

2,6022,098

Median household income

$48,523$66,215

Median home value

$83,900$117,900

Median gross rent

$681$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Whitesboro
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	22.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	5.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.7%
75 and over	6.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Whitesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Whitesboro
No high school diploma	15.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	51.3%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Whitesboro
Drove alone	93.4%	96.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Whitesboro
1-unit, detached	62.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Whitesboro
Poverty rate	24.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1975	1981