Alamance vs Altamahaw

A side-by-side comparison of Alamance and Altamahaw: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamance and Altamahaw are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alamance has the higher population (1,358 vs 568 in Altamahaw). Alamance has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $62,315 in Altamahaw). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $215,200 in Altamahaw).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Altamahaw
Population	1,358	568
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$62,315
Median home value	$404,700	$215,200
Median gross rent	$1,163	—
Housing units	455	226
Homeownership rate	85.1%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Altamahaw
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	319 → 568 (+78.1%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$88,393 → $62,315 (-29.5%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$106,600 → $215,200 (+101.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	—

Alamance

Population

1,1271,358

Median household income

$77,000$88,438

Median home value

$314,700$404,700

Median gross rent

$900$1,163

Altamahaw

Population

319568

Median household income

$88,393$62,315

Median home value

$106,600$215,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Altamahaw
Under 5	0.7%	10.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	24.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	3.7%
75 and over	4.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Altamahaw
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	98.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Altamahaw
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Altamahaw
Drove alone	70.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Altamahaw
1-unit, detached	97.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Altamahaw
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	2002	1980