Altoona, PA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (female): 22,160

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $633.

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 77 registered sex offenders living in Altoona, Pennsylvania as of January 15, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Altoona is 587 to 1.The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is n

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (28.3%), Italian (13.8%), American (11.7%), Irish (10.8%), English (5.1%), Polish (4.1%).

Land Area: 9.77 square miles.

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $39,506 (it was $28,248 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $23,544 (it was $15,213 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $104,992 (it was $57,600 in 2000) Altoona:$104,992PA:$181,200

Races:
      White alone - 41,285 - 91.2%
      Black alone - 1,329 - 2.9%
      Two or more races - 1,124 - 2.5%
      Hispanic - 822 - 1.8%
      Asian alone - 175 - 0.4%
      American Indian alone - 10 - 0.02%
      Other race alone - 7 - 0.02%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 5 - 0.01%

This explanation is contradicted by Pennsylvania Place Names. Although Altoona, in Blair Country, is popularly known as "the Mountain City", its name has no direct or indirect etymological relation to the Latin adjective Altus, signifying "elevated, lofty." Two very different explanations of the origin of this name are current. The one which seems to be the most natural and reasonable runs as follows: "The locomotive engineer who ran the first train into Altoona in 1851 was Robert Steele, who died several years ago, aged nearly 90 years. He was then the oldest continuous resident of the city. He was much respected and had long been one of the private pensioners of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Steele is authority for the statement that Col. Beverly Mayer, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, who, as a civil engineer of what was then the Pennsylvania Central Railway, had laid out the tracks in the yards of the newly projected city, named the place Altoona after the city of Altona in Danish Holstein, which became part of Germany in 1864."[citation needed] The German Altona, which is today a district of Hamburg, lies on the right bank of the Elbe, immediately west of Hamburg city center, and is an important railway and manufacturing center with a population of nearly 200,000. The etymological derivation of the name Altona is not known with certainty, but widely believed to be Low German all to na, meaning "all too near" (sc. Hamburg).[citation needed]

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Local Area Info: Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of the Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The population was 46,320 at the time of the 2010 Census, making it the eleventh most populous city in Pennsylvania. The Altoona MSA includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 127,089 at the 2010 Census, around 100,000 of whom live within a 5-mile (8.0 km) radius of the Altoona city center according to U.S. Census ZIP Code population data. This includes the adjacent boroughs of Hollidaysburg and Duncansville, adjacent townships of Logan, Allegheny, Blair, Frankstown, Antis, and Tyrone, as well as nearby boroughs of Bellwood and Newry.

Having grown around the railroad industry, the city is currently working to recover from industrial decline and urban decentralization experienced in recent decades. The city is home to the Altoona Curve baseball team of the Double A Eastern League, which is the affiliate of the Major League Baseball team Pittsburgh Pirates. The 90-year-old Altoona Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestra Teresa Cheung (since 2007) has been calling Altoona home since 1928. Prominent landmarks include the Horseshoe Curve, the Railroaders Memorial Museum, the Juniata Shops of the Altoona Works, the Mishler Theatre, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Jaffa Shrine Center.

As a major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1849 as the site for a shop and maintenance complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868.

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Population (female): 22,160

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $633.

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Pennsylvania and other state lists, there were 77 registered sex offenders living in Altoona, Pennsylvania as of January 15, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Altoona is 587 to 1.The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is n

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (28.3%), Italian (13.8%), American (11.7%), Irish (10.8%), English (5.1%), Polish (4.1%).

Land Area: 9.77 square miles.

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $39,506 (it was $28,248 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $23,544 (it was $15,213 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $104,992 (it was $57,600 in 2000) Altoona:$104,992PA:$181,200

Races:
      White alone - 41,285 - 91.2%
      Black alone - 1,329 - 2.9%
      Two or more races - 1,124 - 2.5%
      Hispanic - 822 - 1.8%
      Asian alone - 175 - 0.4%
      American Indian alone - 10 - 0.02%
      Other race alone - 7 - 0.02%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 5 - 0.01%

This explanation is contradicted by Pennsylvania Place Names. Although Altoona, in Blair Country, is popularly known as "the Mountain City", its name has no direct or indirect etymological relation to the Latin adjective Altus, signifying "elevated, lofty." Two very different explanations of the origin of this name are current. The one which seems to be the most natural and reasonable runs as follows: "The locomotive engineer who ran the first train into Altoona in 1851 was Robert Steele, who died several years ago, aged nearly 90 years. He was then the oldest continuous resident of the city. He was much respected and had long been one of the private pensioners of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Steele is authority for the statement that Col. Beverly Mayer, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, who, as a civil engineer of what was then the Pennsylvania Central Railway, had laid out the tracks in the yards of the newly projected city, named the place Altoona after the city of Altona in Danish Holstein, which became part of Germany in 1864."[citation needed] The German Altona, which is today a district of Hamburg, lies on the right bank of the Elbe, immediately west of Hamburg city center, and is an important railway and manufacturing center with a population of nearly 200,000. The etymological derivation of the name Altona is not known with certainty, but widely believed to be Low German all to na, meaning "all too near" (sc. Hamburg).[citation needed]

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