Altamont vs Pelham

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

Altamont and Pelham 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 429 in Pelham). Pelham has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $40,221 in Altamont). Pelham has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Pelham
Population	1,100	429
Median age	49.0 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$66,667
Median home value	$85,900	$157,100
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	421	163
Homeownership rate	92.2%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Pelham
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	408 → 429 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$53,676 → $66,667 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$102,300 → $157,100 (+53.6%)
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

Pelham

Population

408429

Median household income

$53,676$66,667

Median home value

$102,300$157,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Pelham
Under 5	6.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	28.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	21.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.2%
75 and over	11.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.7%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Pelham
No high school diploma	26.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Pelham
Drove alone	69.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Pelham
1-unit, detached	53.0%	74.8%
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%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Pelham
Poverty rate	24.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.91	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1990	1978