Altavista vs Concord

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

Altavista and Concord 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 1,367 in Concord). Concord has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $135,000 in Altavista). Since 2019, Concord's population has grown faster (+83.2% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Altavista	Concord
Population	3,356	1,367
Median age	41.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,962	—
Median home value	$135,000	$189,900
Median gross rent	$878	$768
Housing units	1,518	765
Homeownership rate	61.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altavista	Concord
Population	3,442 → 3,356 (-2.5%)	746 → 1,367 (+83.2%)
Median household income	$33,594 → $45,962 (+36.8%)	$65,667 → $42,049 (-36.0%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $135,000 (+23.9%)	$120,500 → $189,900 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $878 (+37.8%)	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)

Altavista

Population

3,4423,356

Median household income

$33,594$45,962

Median home value

$109,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$637$878

Concord

Population

7461,367

Median household income

$65,667$42,049

Median home value

$120,500$189,900

Median gross rent

$813$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altavista	Concord
Under 5	6.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	24.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	19.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.2%
75 and over	10.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altavista	Concord
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	72.6%
Black or African American	34.5%	15.6%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altavista	Concord
No high school diploma	8.3%	21.2%
High school graduate	38.7%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altavista	Concord
Drove alone	83.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altavista	Concord
1-unit, detached	75.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Altavista	Concord
Poverty rate	14.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1961	1983