Alto vs Gallatin

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Gallatin: population, income, housing, and more.

Alto and Gallatin are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alto has the higher population (825 vs 384 in Gallatin). Gallatin has the higher median household income ($75,125 vs $56,719 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $137,500 in Gallatin).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Gallatin
Population	825	384
Median age	35.2 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$75,125
Median home value	$177,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$496	—
Housing units	522	153
Homeownership rate	41.7%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Gallatin
Population	1,200 → 825 (-31.3%)	370 → 384 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$30,357 → $56,719 (+86.8%)	$59,500 → $75,125 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $177,800 (+130.6%)	$83,900 → $137,500 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $496 (-22.4%)	$550 → $569 (+3.5%)

Alto

Population

1,200825

Median household income

$30,357$56,719

Median home value

$77,100$177,800

Median gross rent

$639$496

Gallatin

Population

370384

Median household income

$59,500$75,125

Median home value

$83,900$137,500

Median gross rent

$550$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Gallatin
Under 5	8.4%	13.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	1.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	21.8%	24.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	5.2%
75 and over	6.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Gallatin
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	53.6%
Black or African American	23.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Gallatin
No high school diploma	16.6%	17.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Gallatin
Drove alone	70.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Gallatin
1-unit, detached	57.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Gallatin
Poverty rate	36.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1976	1970