Altamont vs Effingham

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

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

Effingham has the higher population (12,258 vs 2,500 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($76,198 vs $65,718 in Effingham). Effingham has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $132,200 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Effingham
Population	2,500	12,258
Median age	38.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,198	$65,718
Median home value	$132,200	$166,700
Median gross rent	$898	$696
Housing units	1,040	5,584
Homeownership rate	78.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Effingham
Population	2,333 → 2,500 (+7.2%)	12,563 → 12,258 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$46,204 → $76,198 (+64.9%)	$47,582 → $65,718 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $132,200 (+34.1%)	$126,800 → $166,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $898 (+20.1%)	$599 → $696 (+16.2%)

Altamont

Population

2,3332,500

Median household income

$46,204$76,198

Median home value

$98,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$748$898

Effingham

Population

12,56312,258

Median household income

$47,582$65,718

Median home value

$126,800$166,700

Median gross rent

$599$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Effingham
Under 5	3.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	12.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Effingham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Effingham
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Effingham
Drove alone	74.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	15.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Effingham
1-unit, detached	79.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Effingham
Poverty rate	14.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1964	1975