Altamont vs Palmer

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

Altamont and Palmer 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 734 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Palmer has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Palmer
Population	1,100	734
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$41,250
Median home value	$85,900	$86,500
Median gross rent	$818	$573
Housing units	421	291
Homeownership rate	92.2%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Palmer
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	696 → 734 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Palmer

Population

696734

Median household income

$27,578$41,250

Median home value

$82,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$616$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Palmer
Under 5	6.0%	12.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	21.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.6%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.6%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Palmer
No high school diploma	26.2%	28.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Palmer
Drove alone	69.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	0.9%
Other means	4.4%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Palmer
1-unit, detached	53.0%	71.5%
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%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Palmer
Poverty rate	24.1%	23.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1990	1984