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Altona town, Clinton County, NY

2,490 Population
101 square miles 24.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Clinton County: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,255 ±$3,032 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Clinton County: $38,591 ±$1,647
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,367 ±$2,796 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Clinton County: $71,224 ±$2,611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.2% ±9.1% (418  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clinton County: 13.7% 10,003 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±3.5 (21,170  ±4,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Clinton County: 20.4 671,105 (±0.8 / ±30,746)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

878 ±93 Number of households
  • Clinton County: 33,556 ±442
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (2,186  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clinton County: 2.2 72,405 (±0 / ±167)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±2% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Clinton County: 5.2% † 898 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,138 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Clinton County: 37,658 ±101
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,400 ±$25,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clinton County: $180,600 ±$6,729
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.8% (138  ±70.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Clinton County: 11.5% † 8,952 (±1.2% / ±936)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.4% ±8.2% (1,392  ±179.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clinton County: 88.1% 48,311 (±2.6% / ±1,446.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.1% ±2.6% (109  ±47.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Clinton County: 27.6% 15,109 (±1.4% / ±763.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±0.7% (36  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Clinton County: 4.8% 3,756
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±4.3% (154  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Clinton County: 7.8% 4,993 (±0.6% / ±400)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
154 Total veterans ±87 154 Male ±87 N/A Female ±14

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