Georgia · Census place 1301948

Alto, Georgia

Alto is a town in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 1,011 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 302nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,011
#302 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+38 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
879 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Alto. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Alto population, 2020 to 2024

Alto added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 973. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alto covers 1.15 square miles of land, for 879 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Alto is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Alto spans

Alto crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,011 residents as follows; Habersham County holds 62.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Habersham County628
  2. 02Banks County383
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Alto

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alto by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 30510. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alto is

The Census internal point of Alto is at 34.465000, -83.572600. Atlanta, the capital, is 68.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baldwin, GA (4,217 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 37.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.465000, -83.572600
DMS
34°27'54.00"N 83°34'21.36"W
UTM
17N 263699.5E 3816719.5N
Geohash
dnhs460m1
Plus code
866RFC8G+2X

Daylight in Alto

At 34.47° N, Alto gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alto

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Baldwin, 2.8 miles away, with 4,217 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alto, GA?

1,011 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (3.9%) from 973 in July 2020.

What county is Alto in?

It spans 2 counties: Habersham County (628 residents), Banks County (383 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Alto?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30510.

How far is Alto from Atlanta?

68.0 miles (109.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Alto.

What is the nearest larger city to Alto?

Baldwin, GA, with 4,217 residents, 2.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.