Altamont vs Monteagle

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

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

Monteagle has the higher population (1,818 vs 1,100 in Altamont). Monteagle has the higher median household income ($53,005 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Monteagle has the higher median home value ($299,400 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Monteagle
Population	1,100	1,818
Median age	49.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$53,005
Median home value	$85,900	$299,400
Median gross rent	$818	$746
Housing units	421	891
Homeownership rate	92.2%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Monteagle
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	1,836 → 1,818 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$46,447 → $53,005 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$147,200 → $299,400 (+103.4%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	$667 → $746 (+11.8%)

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Monteagle

Population

1,8361,818

Median household income

$46,447$53,005

Median home value

$147,200$299,400

Median gross rent

$667$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Monteagle
Under 5	6.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	21.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.4%
75 and over	11.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Monteagle
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Monteagle
No high school diploma	26.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Monteagle
Drove alone	69.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	9.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Monteagle
1-unit, detached	53.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Monteagle
Poverty rate	24.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1990	1991