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Alton, MO

647 Population
1.6 square miles 412.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon County: 44.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,587 ±$5,400 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon County: $23,220 ±$1,528
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$47,606 ±$8,933 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon County: $44,259 † ±$8,105
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

18.2% ±9.5% (107  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon County: 21.9% † 1,858 (±3.8% / ±319)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

15.3 minutes ±2.5 (3,415  ±1,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oregon County: 21.4 † 61,250 (±2.3 / ±8,393)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

279 ±96 Number of households
  • Oregon County: 3,360 ±140
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.1 ±1 (584  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon County: 2.6 8,568 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.6% ±7.2% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon County: 4.9% † 82 (±3.5% / ±58)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

301 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Oregon County: 4,332 ±28
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$117,100 ±$108,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon County: $117,700 † ±$14,158
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

22.6% ±9.4% (144  ±73.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Oregon County: 12.2% † 1,046 (±3.3% / ±286.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.3% ±35.4% (365  ±102) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon County: 86.9% 5,325 (±6.2% / ±382.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24.6% ±15.7% (103  ±72.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon County: 14.4% † 884 (±3% / ±180.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

4.3% ±4.3% (28  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Oregon County: 0.6% 50
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

5.2% ±3.7% (25  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon County: 8.4% † 559 (±1.3% / ±85)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
25 Total veterans ±19 24 Male ±18 1 Female ±4

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