Altoona vs Tyrone

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

Altoona and Tyrone 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 5,421 in Tyrone). Tyrone has the higher median household income ($55,568 vs $50,171 in Altoona). Tyrone has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $113,600 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Tyrone
Population	43,508	5,421
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,171	$55,568
Median home value	$113,600	$122,000
Median gross rent	$789	$788
Housing units	20,983	2,656
Homeownership rate	64.2%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Tyrone
Population	43,987 → 43,508 (-1.1%)	5,217 → 5,421 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$41,403 → $50,171 (+21.2%)	$43,305 → $55,568 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,600 (+28.4%)	$95,900 → $122,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $789 (+13.2%)	$631 → $788 (+24.9%)

Altoona

Population

43,98743,508

Median household income

$41,403$50,171

Median home value

$88,500$113,600

Median gross rent

$697$789

Tyrone

Population

5,2175,421

Median household income

$43,305$55,568

Median home value

$95,900$122,000

Median gross rent

$631$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Tyrone
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	7.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Tyrone
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Tyrone
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	49.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Tyrone
Drove alone	79.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	15.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Tyrone
1-unit, detached	71.4%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Tyrone
Poverty rate	18.8%	13.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1944	1949