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Population (year 2000): 876. Estimated
population in July 2005: 887 (+1.3% change)
Males: 452 (51.6%), Females: 424 (48.4%)
Banks County
Zip codes:
30510.
Median resident age: 29.9 years
Median household income: $30,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $76,900 (year 2000)
Races in Alto:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.5%)
- Hispanic (20.1%)
- Other race (9.0%)
- Other Asian (4.8%)
- Black (3.1%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Vietnamese (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (14.6%), Irish (7.1%),
English (6.6%), German (3.2%), Scottish (1.4%).
Elevation: 1394 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Alto
- High school or higher: 52.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Alto town
- Never married: 23.2%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 4.8%
- Widowed: 3.0%
- Divorced: 13.4%
25.8% Foreign born (19.3% Latin America, 6.3%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +222 (+33.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Alto:
- HABERSHAM COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles;
DEMOREST, GA)
- STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; TOCCOA,
GA)
- BANKS-JACKSON-COMMERCE HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
COMMERCE, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Alto:
- ATHENS/BEN EPPS (about 41 miles; ATHENS, GA; ID: AHN)
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 61 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID:
AND)
- DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE (about 75 miles; MARIETTA,
GA; ID: MGE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Alto:
- HABERSHAM COUNTY (about 3 miles; CORNELIA, GA; ID:
AJR)
- JACKSON COUNTY (about 21 miles; JEFFERSON, GA; ID:
19A)
- TOCCOA RG LETOURNEAU FIELD (about 22 miles; TOCCOA,
GA; ID: TOC)
Amtrak station near Alto:
- 19 miles: TOCCOA (47 N. ALEXANDER ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Alto:
- GAINESVILLE COLLEGE (about 28 miles; OAKWOOD, GA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,181)
- NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 29
miles; DAHLONEGA, GA; FT enrollment: 3,119)
- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (about 39 miles; ATHENS, GA;
FT enrollment: 28,464)
- GWINNETT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 3,215)
- TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
PENDLETON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,343)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT
enrollment: 15,962)
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