Alto vs Clarkesville

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Clarkesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Alto and Clarkesville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarkesville has the higher population (1,827 vs 1,187 in Alto). Clarkesville has the higher median household income ($66,316 vs $54,479 in Alto). Clarkesville has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $132,900 in Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Clarkesville
Population	1,187	1,827
Median age	30.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$66,316
Median home value	$132,900	$198,900
Median gross rent	$927	$1,037
Housing units	414	849
Homeownership rate	69.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Clarkesville
Population	1,249 → 1,187 (-5.0%)	1,754 → 1,827 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $54,479 (+27.1%)	$44,293 → $66,316 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $132,900 (+15.4%)	$142,900 → $198,900 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $927 (+20.1%)	$694 → $1,037 (+49.4%)

Alto

Population

1,2491,187

Median household income

$42,857$54,479

Median home value

$115,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$772$927

Clarkesville

Population

1,7541,827

Median household income

$44,293$66,316

Median home value

$142,900$198,900

Median gross rent

$694$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Clarkesville
Under 5	8.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.0%	20.0%
75 and over	4.0%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Clarkesville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Clarkesville
No high school diploma	34.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Clarkesville
Drove alone	89.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Clarkesville
1-unit, detached	47.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Clarkesville
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.3%
Average household size	3.63	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1993	1971