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Altoona, KS

467 Population
0.5 square miles 875 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wilson County: 42.7 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,056 ±$4,163 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilson County: $33,560 ±$3,090
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$48,875 ±$14,803 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilson County: $60,677 † ±$6,601
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

5.8% ±5.4% (27  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 15.5% † 1,296 (±2.8% / ±233)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

17.2 minutes ±1 (2,920  ±954) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilson County: 20.3 75,260 (±1.9 / ±8,084)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

207 ±48 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 3,517 ±197
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.2 (467  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 8,329 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

259 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 4,493 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$48,000 ±$7,663 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Wilson County: $93,500 ±$6,580
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

5.4% ±4.6% (25  ±22.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilson County: 7.5% † 632 (±2.5% / ±213.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

91.5% ±30.7% (269  ±62.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilson County: 90.3% 5,345 (±5.8% / ±346.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
10.5% ±9.8% (31  ±29.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wilson County: 19.9% † 1,177 (±3% / ±179.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

5.1% ±6.3% (24  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wilson County: 1.9% 157
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

4.4% ±3.6% (15  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Wilson County: 7.9% † 511 (±1.3% / ±84)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
15 Total veterans ±13 15 Male ±13 N/A Female ±11

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