Altamont vs Gruetli-Laager

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

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

Gruetli-Laager has the higher population (1,619 vs 1,100 in Altamont). Gruetli-Laager has the higher median household income ($50,164 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Gruetli-Laager has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
Population	1,100	1,619
Median age	49.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$50,164
Median home value	$85,900	$147,900
Median gross rent	$818	$1,029
Housing units	421	719
Homeownership rate	92.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	2,429 → 1,619 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$50,304 → $50,164 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$87,200 → $147,900 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	$629 → $1,029 (+63.6%)

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Gruetli-Laager

Population

2,4291,619

Median household income

$50,304$50,164

Median home value

$87,200$147,900

Median gross rent

$629$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
Under 5	6.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	21.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.1%
75 and over	11.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
No high school diploma	26.2%	19.0%
High school graduate	42.8%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
Drove alone	69.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	8.6%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
1-unit, detached	53.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Gruetli-Laager
Poverty rate	24.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1990	1979