Altha vs Blountstown

A side-by-side comparison of Altha and Blountstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Altha and Blountstown are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blountstown has the higher population (3,077 vs 567 in Altha). Blountstown has the higher median household income ($44,013 vs $32,898 in Altha). Blountstown has the higher median home value ($147,000 vs $85,300 in Altha).

Population, income & housing

	Altha	Blountstown
Population	567	3,077
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,898	$44,013
Median home value	$85,300	$147,000
Median gross rent	$956	$493
Housing units	243	1,410
Homeownership rate	48.3%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altha	Blountstown
Population	514 → 567 (+10.3%)	2,827 → 3,077 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$24,833 → $32,898 (+32.5%)	$29,706 → $44,013 (+48.2%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $85,300 (+11.8%)	$95,000 → $147,000 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $956 (+48.0%)	$525 → $493 (-6.1%)

Altha

Population

514567

Median household income

$24,833$32,898

Median home value

$76,300$85,300

Median gross rent

$646$956

Blountstown

Population

2,8273,077

Median household income

$29,706$44,013

Median home value

$95,000$147,000

Median gross rent

$525$493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altha	Blountstown
Under 5	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	26.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.8%
45 to 54	18.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.6%
75 and over	8.6%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altha	Blountstown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altha	Blountstown
No high school diploma	19.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altha	Blountstown
Drove alone	59.7%	91.7%
Carpooled	24.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altha	Blountstown
1-unit, detached	55.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Altha	Blountstown
Poverty rate	34.4%	26.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1984	1975