Altoona is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 941 people and three associated neighborhoods, Altoona is the 302nd largest community in Alabama.When you are in Altoona, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.76% of Altoona’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Altoona is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Altoona who work in food service (9.24%), sales jobs (6.21%), and healthcare suport services (5.91%). Of important note, Altoona is also a town of artists. Altoona has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Altoona’s character. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Altoona has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Altoona a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The population of Altoona has a very low overall level of education: only 8.87% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Altoona in 2022 was $23,200, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,800 for a family of four. However, Altoona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Altoona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Altoona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Altoona include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Altoona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
