Altoona vs Fairchild

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

Altoona and Fairchild 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 418 in Fairchild). Altoona has the higher median household income ($80,126 vs $47,083 in Fairchild). Altoona has the higher median home value ($220,900 vs $102,000 in Fairchild).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Fairchild
Population	8,750	418
Median age	36.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,126	$47,083
Median home value	$220,900	$102,000
Median gross rent	$1,157	$717
Housing units	3,834	242
Homeownership rate	55.3%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Fairchild
Population	7,625 → 8,750 (+14.8%)	584 → 418 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$55,571 → $80,126 (+44.2%)	$35,250 → $47,083 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $220,900 (+40.2%)	$67,600 → $102,000 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,157 (+48.7%)	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)

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

Fairchild

Population

584418

Median household income

$35,250$47,083

Median home value

$67,600$102,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Fairchild
Under 5	5.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	19.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Fairchild
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.4%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Fairchild
No high school diploma	2.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Fairchild
Drove alone	77.9%	68.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	14.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Fairchild
1-unit, detached	44.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Fairchild
Poverty rate	10.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1988	1968