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Altoona, KS

409 Population
0.5 square miles 766.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±8.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wilson County: 42.3 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,501 ±$4,108 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilson County: $32,771 ±$2,443
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$44,107 ±$11,392 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilson County: $57,056 † ±$7,292
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

17.4% ±13% (71  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilson County: 15.8% † 1,331 (±2.5% / ±209)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

20.5 minutes ±4.7 (2,890  ±1,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 19.1 † 70,110 (±2.2 / ±8,783)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

173 ±43 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 3,515 ±151
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.2 (409  ±105) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 8,390 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.9% ±7.6% (4  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilson County: 5.7% † 92 (±3.5% / ±56)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

210 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 4,492 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$50,200 ±$10,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Wilson County: $93,900 ±$9,259
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

4.9% ±4.3% (20  ±18.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 8.6% † 725 (±2.4% / ±,206.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

88.2% ±6.7% (224  ±56.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wilson County: 91.6% 5,444 (±5.5% / ±,325.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
9.5% ±10.5% (24  ±27.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 21.3% † 1,263 (±3% / ±,179.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% ±7.9% (25  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wilson County: 1.6% 136
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.1% ±4.1% (21  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilson County: 7.9% † 515 (±1.5% / ±95)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
21 Total veterans ±13 19 Male ±12 2 Female ±3

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