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Altona, CO

587 Population
1.7 square miles 348.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±24.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$92,799 ±$44,677 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $62,436 ±$1,617
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$149,327 ±$99,491 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $103,994 ±$2,268
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.9% ±5.9% (23  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 11.2% 35,257 (±0.6% / ±1,914)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±8.5 (6,440  ±5,199) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 22.3 2,683,095 (±0.4 / ±80,028)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

259 ±68 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 137,008 ±795
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (587  ±229) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 315,350 (±0 / ±177)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

282 ±73 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 144,729 ±121
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,084,000 ±$181,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $756,300 ±$14,324
  • about double the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±7.3% (35  ±44.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 21% 68,719 (±1% / ±3,173.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±2.8% (449  ±128.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 95.8% 211,412 (±1.4% / ±3,158.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
75.8% ±11.8% (350  ±113.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 64.2% 141,546 (±1.1% / ±2,425.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • more than double 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

2.7% ±3.6% (16  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.1% 33,259
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±8.4% (47  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4.3% 11,593 (±0.3% / ±709)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±45 47 Male ±45 N/A Female ±14

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