Altamont vs Coalmont

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

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

Coalmont has the higher population (1,103 vs 1,100 in Altamont). Coalmont has the higher median household income ($58,362 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Coalmont has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Coalmont
Population	1,100	1,103
Median age	49.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$58,362
Median home value	$85,900	$138,400
Median gross rent	$818	$575
Housing units	421	385
Homeownership rate	92.2%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Coalmont
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	940 → 1,103 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$41,944 → $58,362 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$87,800 → $138,400 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Coalmont

Population

9401,103

Median household income

$41,944$58,362

Median home value

$87,800$138,400

Median gross rent

$620$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Coalmont
Under 5	6.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	21.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.1%
75 and over	11.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Coalmont
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Coalmont
No high school diploma	26.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Coalmont
Drove alone	69.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	7.0%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Coalmont
1-unit, detached	53.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Coalmont
Poverty rate	24.1%	20.9%
Average household size	2.91	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1990	1981