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Altona, NY

603 Population
1.7 square miles 352.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$10,471 ±$3,579 Per capita income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $37,388 ±$1,822
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$21,629 ±$19,225 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $69,208 ±$2,576
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

44.8% ±46.2% (132  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 13.8% 10,097 (±1.1% / ±818)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

22.8 minutes ±6.9 (2,480  ±2,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 20.1 658,200 (±0.7 / ±29,097)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

119 ±70 Number of households
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 33,276 ±492
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.5 (295  ±183) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 2.2 72,860 (±0 / ±156)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

13.5% ±16.3% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 5.3% † 929 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

145 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 37,461 ±118
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$95,000 ±$43,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: $175,100 ±$5,618
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

20.9% ±7.5% (125  ±58.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 12.4% † 9,735 (±1.4% / ±1,061)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

59.7% ±16.4% (269  ±96.9) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 88.2% 48,421 (±2.6% / ±1,450.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
5.1% ±8% (23  ±36.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 26.8% 14,726 (±1.5% / ±820.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

11.1% ±6.3% (67  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 4.7% 3,682
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

1.4% ±1.8% (8  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area: 7.6% 4,910 (±0.6% / ±398)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
8 Total veterans ±10 8 Male ±10 N/A Female ±13

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