Altoona vs Seymour

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

Altoona and Seymour 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 1,547 in Seymour). Seymour has the higher median household income ($92,614 vs $80,126 in Altoona). Seymour has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $220,900 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Seymour
Population	8,750	1,547
Median age	36.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,126	$92,614
Median home value	$220,900	$232,500
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,417
Housing units	3,834	660
Homeownership rate	55.3%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Seymour
Population	7,625 → 8,750 (+14.8%)	1,345 → 1,547 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$55,571 → $80,126 (+44.2%)	$65,063 → $92,614 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $220,900 (+40.2%)	$206,300 → $232,500 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,157 (+48.7%)	$766 → $1,417 (+85.0%)

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

Seymour

Population

1,3451,547

Median household income

$65,063$92,614

Median home value

$206,300$232,500

Median gross rent

$766$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Seymour
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	18.3%
75 and over	7.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Seymour
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Seymour
Drove alone	77.9%	93.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Seymour
1-unit, detached	44.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Seymour
Poverty rate	10.9%	1.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1988	1959