Altoona vs Ferndale

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (457 vs 33 in Altoona). Since 2019, Ferndale's population has grown faster (-1.1% vs -61.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Ferndale
Population	33	457
Median age	71.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$84,085
Median home value	—	$287,900
Housing units	33	223
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Ferndale
Population	85 → 33 (-61.2%)	462 → 457 (-1.1%)
Median household income	—	$70,513 → $84,085 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $110,900 (+5.0%)	$434,500 → $287,900 (-33.7%)

Altoona

Population

8533

Median home value

$105,600$110,900

Ferndale

Population

462457

Median household income

$70,513$84,085

Median home value

$434,500$287,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Ferndale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	48.5%	34.4%
65 to 74	51.5%	11.2%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Ferndale
No high school diploma	66.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Ferndale
Drove alone	—	81.4%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	18.6%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	49.3%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Ferndale
Poverty rate	48.5%	0.0%
Average household size	—	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1997