Altoona vs Greenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Greenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Altoona and Greenwood are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altoona has the higher population (43,508 vs 3,017 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($67,661 vs $50,171 in Altoona). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($149,600 vs $113,600 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Greenwood
Population	43,508	3,017
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,171	$67,661
Median home value	$113,600	$149,600
Median gross rent	$789	$1,176
Housing units	20,983	1,390
Homeownership rate	64.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Greenwood
Population	43,987 → 43,508 (-1.1%)	2,780 → 3,017 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$41,403 → $50,171 (+21.2%)	$45,227 → $67,661 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,600 (+28.4%)	$121,900 → $149,600 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $789 (+13.2%)	$908 → $1,176 (+29.5%)

Altoona

Population

43,98743,508

Median household income

$41,403$50,171

Median home value

$88,500$113,600

Median gross rent

$697$789

Greenwood

Population

2,7803,017

Median household income

$45,227$67,661

Median home value

$121,900$149,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Greenwood
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Greenwood
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	49.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Greenwood
Drove alone	79.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	71.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Greenwood
Poverty rate	18.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1944	1975