Altamont vs Beersheba Springs

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

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

Altamont has the higher population (1,100 vs 610 in Beersheba Springs). Beersheba Springs has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Beersheba Springs has the higher median home value ($102,700 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
Population	1,100	610
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$50,000
Median home value	$85,900	$102,700
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	421	354
Homeownership rate	92.2%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	543 → 610 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$40,313 → $50,000 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$76,700 → $102,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	—

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Beersheba Springs

Population

543610

Median household income

$40,313$50,000

Median home value

$76,700$102,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	21.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.0%
75 and over	11.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	3.3%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
No high school diploma	26.2%	25.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
Drove alone	69.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	2.8%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
1-unit, detached	53.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Beersheba Springs
Poverty rate	24.1%	23.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1990	1972