Altona vs Nederland

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

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

Nederland has the higher population (1,523 vs 532 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $103,452 in Nederland). Altona has the higher median home value ($1,168,400 vs $631,100 in Nederland).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Nederland
Population	532	1,523
Median age	52.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$103,452
Median home value	$1,168,400	$631,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,469
Housing units	280	691
Homeownership rate	84.6%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Nederland
Population	513 → 532 (+3.7%)	1,336 → 1,523 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$176,071 → $250,001 (+42.0%)	$61,161 → $103,452 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$961,500 → $1,168,400 (+21.5%)	$431,500 → $631,100 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,168 → $1,469 (+25.8%)

Altona

Population

513532

Median household income

$176,071$250,001

Median home value

$961,500$1,168,400

Nederland

Population

1,3361,523

Median household income

$61,161$103,452

Median home value

$431,500$631,100

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Nederland
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	25.8%
65 to 74	19.7%	11.6%
75 and over	12.0%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Nederland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	91.2%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Nederland
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	2.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	52.0%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Nederland
Drove alone	61.2%	41.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.8%	46.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Nederland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Nederland
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1978	1976