Altoona vs Upper Elochoman

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Upper Elochoman: population, income, housing, and more.

Altoona and Upper Elochoman are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upper Elochoman has the higher population (94 vs 46 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $90,455 in Upper Elochoman). Since 2019, Upper Elochoman's population has grown faster (+10.6% vs -4.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
Population	46	94
Median age	69.7 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$90,455
Median home value	—	$410,500
Housing units	22	34
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	27.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
Population	48 → 46 (-4.2%)	85 → 94 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$84,821 → $95,000 (+12.0%)	$101,000 → $90,455 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$1,135,400 → $1,291,700 (+13.8%)	$275,900 → $410,500 (+48.8%)

Altoona

Population

4846

Median household income

$84,821$95,000

Median home value

$1,135,400$1,291,700

Upper Elochoman

Population

8594

Median household income

$101,000$90,455

Median home value

$275,900$410,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	26.1%	31.9%
65 to 74	28.3%	30.9%
75 and over	45.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	8.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	8.7%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
Drove alone	46.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	53.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Upper Elochoman
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.76
Median year structure built	2005	1978