Altavista vs Brookneal

A side-by-side comparison of Altavista and Brookneal: population, income, housing, and more.

Altavista and Brookneal are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altavista has the higher population (3,356 vs 1,275 in Brookneal). Altavista has the higher median household income ($45,962 vs $45,909 in Brookneal). Altavista has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $115,000 in Brookneal).

Population, income & housing

	Altavista	Brookneal
Population	3,356	1,275
Median age	41.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,962	$45,909
Median home value	$135,000	$115,000
Median gross rent	$878	$850
Housing units	1,518	658
Homeownership rate	61.9%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altavista	Brookneal
Population	3,442 → 3,356 (-2.5%)	876 → 1,275 (+45.5%)
Median household income	$33,594 → $45,962 (+36.8%)	$40,000 → $45,909 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $135,000 (+23.9%)	$80,000 → $115,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $878 (+37.8%)	$778 → $850 (+9.3%)

Altavista

Population

3,4423,356

Median household income

$33,594$45,962

Median home value

$109,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$637$878

Brookneal

Population

8761,275

Median household income

$40,000$45,909

Median home value

$80,000$115,000

Median gross rent

$778$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altavista	Brookneal
Under 5	6.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.8%
75 and over	10.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altavista	Brookneal
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	67.1%
Black or African American	34.5%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altavista	Brookneal
No high school diploma	8.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altavista	Brookneal
Drove alone	83.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altavista	Brookneal
1-unit, detached	75.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Altavista	Brookneal
Poverty rate	14.5%	22.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1961	1961