Altoona vs Loop

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

Altoona and Loop 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 2,346 in Loop). Loop has the higher median household income ($97,396 vs $50,171 in Altoona). Loop has the higher median home value ($258,200 vs $113,600 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Loop
Population	43,508	2,346
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,171	$97,396
Median home value	$113,600	$258,200
Median gross rent	$789	—
Housing units	20,983	877
Homeownership rate	64.2%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Loop
Population	43,987 → 43,508 (-1.1%)	1,850 → 2,346 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$41,403 → $50,171 (+21.2%)	$90,329 → $97,396 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,600 (+28.4%)	$195,200 → $258,200 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $789 (+13.2%)	—

Altoona

Population

43,98743,508

Median household income

$41,403$50,171

Median home value

$88,500$113,600

Median gross rent

$697$789

Loop

Population

1,8502,346

Median household income

$90,329$97,396

Median home value

$195,200$258,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Loop
Under 5	5.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.9%
75 and over	7.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	99.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Loop
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	49.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Loop
Drove alone	79.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.5%
Public transit	1.4%	1.5%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Loop
1-unit, detached	71.4%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Loop
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1944	1982