Altamahaw vs Ossipee

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

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

Ossipee has the higher population (650 vs 568 in Altamahaw). Altamahaw has the higher median household income ($62,315 vs $59,076 in Ossipee). Altamahaw has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $121,500 in Ossipee).

Population, income & housing

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
Population	568	650
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,315	$59,076
Median home value	$215,200	$121,500
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	226	276
Homeownership rate	93.5%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
Population	319 → 568 (+78.1%)	466 → 650 (+39.5%)
Median household income	$88,393 → $62,315 (-29.5%)	$47,500 → $59,076 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $215,200 (+101.9%)	$102,200 → $121,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$630 → $775 (+23.0%)

Altamahaw

Population

319568

Median household income

$88,393$62,315

Median home value

$106,600$215,200

Ossipee

Population

466650

Median household income

$47,500$59,076

Median home value

$102,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$630$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
Under 5	10.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	24.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	3.7%	6.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	73.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	10.6%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
No high school diploma	3.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	53.8%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
Drove alone	76.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
1-unit, detached	85.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.1%
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	4.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Altamahaw	Ossipee
Poverty rate	6.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1980	1971