Altoona vs Hollidaysburg

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

Altoona and Hollidaysburg 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 5,581 in Hollidaysburg). Hollidaysburg has the higher median household income ($62,319 vs $50,171 in Altoona). Hollidaysburg has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $113,600 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
Population	43,508	5,581
Median age	39.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,171	$62,319
Median home value	$113,600	$190,500
Median gross rent	$789	$1,082
Housing units	20,983	2,951
Homeownership rate	64.2%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
Population	43,987 → 43,508 (-1.1%)	5,701 → 5,581 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$41,403 → $50,171 (+21.2%)	$49,049 → $62,319 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,600 (+28.4%)	$159,200 → $190,500 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $789 (+13.2%)	$750 → $1,082 (+44.3%)

Altoona

Population

43,98743,508

Median household income

$41,403$50,171

Median home value

$88,500$113,600

Median gross rent

$697$789

Hollidaysburg

Population

5,7015,581

Median household income

$49,049$62,319

Median home value

$159,200$190,500

Median gross rent

$750$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
Under 5	5.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	90.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	49.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
Drove alone	79.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
1-unit, detached	71.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Hollidaysburg
Poverty rate	18.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.29	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1944	1942