Altamont vs Beecher City

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Beecher City: population, income, housing, and more.

Altamont and Beecher City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altamont has the higher population (2,500 vs 419 in Beecher City). Altamont has the higher median household income ($76,198 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Altamont has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Beecher City
Population	2,500	419
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,198	$47,500
Median home value	$132,200	$85,300
Median gross rent	$898	$611
Housing units	1,040	209
Homeownership rate	78.0%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Beecher City
Population	2,333 → 2,500 (+7.2%)	389 → 419 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$46,204 → $76,198 (+64.9%)	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $132,200 (+34.1%)	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $898 (+20.1%)	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)

Altamont

Population

2,3332,500

Median household income

$46,204$76,198

Median home value

$98,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$748$898

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Beecher City
Under 5	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.2%
75 and over	12.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Beecher City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	98.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Beecher City
No high school diploma	7.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	40.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Beecher City
Drove alone	74.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	15.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Beecher City
1-unit, detached	79.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Beecher City
Poverty rate	14.2%	21.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1964	1962