Alto vs Demorest

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

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

Demorest has the higher population (2,335 vs 1,187 in Alto). Demorest has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $54,479 in Alto). Demorest has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $132,900 in Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Demorest
Population	1,187	2,335
Median age	30.6 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$69,583
Median home value	$132,900	$216,800
Median gross rent	$927	$1,244
Housing units	414	787
Homeownership rate	69.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Demorest
Population	1,249 → 1,187 (-5.0%)	1,973 → 2,335 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $54,479 (+27.1%)	$34,865 → $69,583 (+99.6%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $132,900 (+15.4%)	$117,900 → $216,800 (+83.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $927 (+20.1%)	$779 → $1,244 (+59.7%)

Alto

Population

1,2491,187

Median household income

$42,857$54,479

Median home value

$115,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$772$927

Demorest

Population

1,9732,335

Median household income

$34,865$69,583

Median home value

$117,900$216,800

Median gross rent

$779$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Demorest
Under 5	8.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	30.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	7.3%
75 and over	4.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Demorest
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Demorest
No high school diploma	34.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Demorest
Drove alone	89.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Demorest
1-unit, detached	47.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Demorest
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.0%
Average household size	3.63	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1993	1985