Altona vs Sugarloaf

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

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

Altona has the higher population (532 vs 442 in Sugarloaf). Sugarloaf has the higher median home value ($1,274,600 vs $1,168,400 in Altona). Since 2019, Sugarloaf's population has grown faster (+25.2% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Sugarloaf
Population	532	442
Median age	52.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	—
Median home value	$1,168,400	$1,274,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	280	215
Homeownership rate	84.6%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	87.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Sugarloaf
Population	513 → 532 (+3.7%)	353 → 442 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$176,071 → $250,001 (+42.0%)	$94,781 → $88,958 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$961,500 → $1,168,400 (+21.5%)	$687,500 → $1,274,600 (+85.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,885 → $2,750 (+45.9%)

Altona

Population

513532

Median household income

$176,071$250,001

Median home value

$961,500$1,168,400

Sugarloaf

Population

353442

Median household income

$94,781$88,958

Median home value

$687,500$1,274,600

Median gross rent

$1,885$2,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Sugarloaf
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	2.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	10.6%
75 and over	12.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Sugarloaf
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Sugarloaf
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	52.0%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	41.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Sugarloaf
Drove alone	61.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Sugarloaf
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	Sugarloaf
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	34
Median year structure built	1978	1977