Altus vs Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Altus and Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Altus and Branch are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altus has the higher population (857 vs 335 in Branch). Altus has the higher median household income ($37,656 vs $35,060 in Branch). Altus has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $52,500 in Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Altus	Branch
Population	857	335
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	$35,060
Median home value	$110,500	$52,500
Median gross rent	$657	$730
Housing units	363	186
Homeownership rate	71.1%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altus	Branch
Population	825 → 857 (+3.9%)	306 → 335 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$36,188 → $37,656 (+4.1%)	$29,167 → $35,060 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $110,500 (+11.8%)	$60,000 → $52,500 (-12.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $657 (+16.7%)	$638 → $730 (+14.4%)

Altus

Population

825857

Median household income

$36,188$37,656

Median home value

$98,800$110,500

Median gross rent

$563$657

Branch

Population

306335

Median household income

$29,167$35,060

Median home value

$60,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$638$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altus	Branch
Under 5	2.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	13.3%	22.1%
25 to 34	6.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	18.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.1%
75 and over	8.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altus	Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altus	Branch
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.7%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altus	Branch
Drove alone	79.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.7%
Public transit	10.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altus	Branch
1-unit, detached	76.9%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Altus	Branch
Poverty rate	31.2%	31.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1971	1975