Altoona vs Augusta

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

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

Altoona has the higher population (8,750 vs 1,381 in Augusta). Altoona has the higher median household income ($80,126 vs $50,080 in Augusta). Altoona has the higher median home value ($220,900 vs $140,100 in Augusta).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Augusta
Population	8,750	1,381
Median age	36.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,126	$50,080
Median home value	$220,900	$140,100
Median gross rent	$1,157	$823
Housing units	3,834	586
Homeownership rate	55.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Augusta
Population	7,625 → 8,750 (+14.8%)	1,431 → 1,381 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$55,571 → $80,126 (+44.2%)	$49,500 → $50,080 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $220,900 (+40.2%)	$108,800 → $140,100 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,157 (+48.7%)	$689 → $823 (+19.4%)

Altoona

Population

7,6258,750

Median household income

$55,571$80,126

Median home value

$157,600$220,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,157

Augusta

Population

1,4311,381

Median household income

$49,500$50,080

Median home value

$108,800$140,100

Median gross rent

$689$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Augusta
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	7.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Augusta
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Augusta
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Augusta
Drove alone	77.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	9.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Augusta
1-unit, detached	44.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	14.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Augusta
Poverty rate	10.9%	19.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1988	1956