Alto vs Mount Airy

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

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

Mount Airy has the higher population (1,475 vs 1,187 in Alto). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($85,433 vs $54,479 in Alto). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $132,900 in Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Mount Airy
Population	1,187	1,475
Median age	30.6 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$85,433
Median home value	$132,900	$203,300
Median gross rent	$927	$708
Housing units	414	410
Homeownership rate	69.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Mount Airy
Population	1,249 → 1,187 (-5.0%)	1,379 → 1,475 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $54,479 (+27.1%)	$53,333 → $85,433 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$115,200 → $132,900 (+15.4%)	$121,100 → $203,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $927 (+20.1%)	$809 → $708 (-12.5%)

Alto

Population

1,2491,187

Median household income

$42,857$54,479

Median home value

$115,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$772$927

Mount Airy

Population

1,3791,475

Median household income

$53,333$85,433

Median home value

$121,100$203,300

Median gross rent

$809$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Mount Airy
Under 5	8.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	25.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	3.0%	5.8%
75 and over	4.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	50.6%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	34.9%	27.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Mount Airy
Drove alone	89.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	47.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.7%
Average household size	3.63	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1993	1999