Altona vs Tall Timber

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

Altona and Tall Timber 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 376 in Tall Timber). Altona has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $198,018 in Tall Timber). Tall Timber has the higher median home value ($1,171,900 vs $1,168,400 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Tall Timber
Population	532	376
Median age	52.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$198,018
Median home value	$1,168,400	$1,171,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	280	133
Homeownership rate	84.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Tall Timber
Population	513 → 532 (+3.7%)	156 → 376 (+141.0%)
Median household income	$176,071 → $250,001 (+42.0%)	$120,341 → $198,018 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$961,500 → $1,168,400 (+21.5%)	$663,900 → $1,171,900 (+76.5%)

Altona

Population

513532

Median household income

$176,071$250,001

Median home value

$961,500$1,168,400

Tall Timber

Population

156376

Median household income

$120,341$198,018

Median home value

$663,900$1,171,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Tall Timber
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	30.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	26.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	17.6%
75 and over	12.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Tall Timber
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Tall Timber
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	52.0%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Tall Timber
Drove alone	61.2%	14.5%
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%	85.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Tall Timber
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	Tall Timber
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1978	1973