Altamont vs Park Crest

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

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

Park Crest has the higher population (616 vs 525 in Altamont). Park Crest has the higher median household income ($61,458 vs $45,536 in Altamont). Park Crest has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $132,800 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Park Crest
Population	525	616
Median age	55.3 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,536	$61,458
Median home value	$132,800	$228,200
Housing units	340	285
Homeownership rate	88.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Park Crest
Population	583 → 525 (-9.9%)	596 → 616 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$59,028 → $45,536 (-22.9%)	$58,333 → $61,458 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $132,800 (+67.7%)	$159,000 → $228,200 (+43.5%)

Altamont

Population

583525

Median household income

$59,028$45,536

Median home value

$79,200$132,800

Park Crest

Population

596616

Median household income

$58,333$61,458

Median home value

$159,000$228,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Park Crest
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	19.5%
75 and over	16.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Park Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Park Crest
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	48.6%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Park Crest
Drove alone	97.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Park Crest
1-unit, detached	75.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Park Crest
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.5%
Average household size	1.83	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1950	1960