Altamont vs Tracy City

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

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

Tracy City has the higher population (1,924 vs 1,100 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($40,221 vs $38,250 in Tracy City). Tracy City has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $85,900 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Tracy City
Population	1,100	1,924
Median age	49.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,221	$38,250
Median home value	$85,900	$116,000
Median gross rent	$818	$393
Housing units	421	764
Homeownership rate	92.2%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Tracy City
Population	1,078 → 1,100 (+2.0%)	1,561 → 1,924 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$31,591 → $40,221 (+27.3%)	$43,194 → $38,250 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $85,900 (+16.4%)	$103,600 → $116,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $818 (+32.4%)	$604 → $393 (-34.9%)

Altamont

Population

1,0781,100

Median household income

$31,591$40,221

Median home value

$73,800$85,900

Median gross rent

$618$818

Tracy City

Population

1,5611,924

Median household income

$43,194$38,250

Median home value

$103,600$116,000

Median gross rent

$604$393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Tracy City
Under 5	6.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	21.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.4%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Tracy City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Tracy City
No high school diploma	26.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Tracy City
Drove alone	69.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.8%
Other means	4.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Tracy City
1-unit, detached	53.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Tracy City
Poverty rate	24.1%	19.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	45
Median year structure built	1990	1977