Altona vs Lazy Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Altona and Lazy Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

Altona and Lazy Acres are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lazy Acres has the higher population (1,056 vs 532 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $147,344 in Lazy Acres). Altona has the higher median home value ($1,168,400 vs $967,100 in Lazy Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Lazy Acres
Population	532	1,056
Median age	52.9 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$147,344
Median home value	$1,168,400	$967,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	280	478
Homeownership rate	84.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	82.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Lazy Acres
Population	513 → 532 (+3.7%)	979 → 1,056 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$176,071 → $250,001 (+42.0%)	$149,167 → $147,344 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$961,500 → $1,168,400 (+21.5%)	$676,900 → $967,100 (+42.9%)

Altona

Population

513532

Median household income

$176,071$250,001

Median home value

$961,500$1,168,400

Lazy Acres

Population

9791,056

Median household income

$149,167$147,344

Median home value

$676,900$967,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Lazy Acres
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	19.7%	22.9%
75 and over	12.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Lazy Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Lazy Acres
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	52.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Lazy Acres
Drove alone	61.2%	55.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	38.8%	40.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Lazy Acres
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Lazy Acres
Poverty rate	4.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1978	1979