Altamont vs Muir

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Muir: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 525. Muir has the higher median household income ($96,750 vs $45,536 in Altamont). Muir has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $132,800 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Muir
Population	525	525
Median age	55.3 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,536	$96,750
Median home value	$132,800	$205,600
Median gross rent	—	$925
Housing units	340	192
Homeownership rate	88.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Muir
Population	583 → 525 (-9.9%)	424 → 525 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$59,028 → $45,536 (-22.9%)	$67,750 → $96,750 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $132,800 (+67.7%)	$96,500 → $205,600 (+113.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$944 → $925 (-2.0%)

Altamont

Population

583525

Median household income

$59,028$45,536

Median home value

$79,200$132,800

Muir

Population

424525

Median household income

$67,750$96,750

Median home value

$96,500$205,600

Median gross rent

$944$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Muir
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	5.3%
75 and over	16.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Muir
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Muir
No high school diploma	4.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	48.6%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Muir
Drove alone	97.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Muir
1-unit, detached	75.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Muir
Poverty rate	17.3%	5.7%
Average household size	1.83	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1950	1947