Altoona vs Fall Creek

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

Altoona and Fall Creek 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 1,502 in Fall Creek). Fall Creek has the higher median household income ($82,250 vs $80,126 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median home value ($220,900 vs $202,700 in Fall Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Fall Creek
Population	8,750	1,502
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,126	$82,250
Median home value	$220,900	$202,700
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,054
Housing units	3,834	517
Homeownership rate	55.3%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Fall Creek
Population	7,625 → 8,750 (+14.8%)	1,517 → 1,502 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$55,571 → $80,126 (+44.2%)	$55,298 → $82,250 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $220,900 (+40.2%)	$136,200 → $202,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,157 (+48.7%)	$696 → $1,054 (+51.4%)

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

Fall Creek

Population

1,5171,502

Median household income

$55,298$82,250

Median home value

$136,200$202,700

Median gross rent

$696$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Fall Creek
Under 5	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Fall Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Fall Creek
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Fall Creek
Drove alone	77.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Fall Creek
1-unit, detached	44.5%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	11.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Fall Creek
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1988	1973