Altamont vs Teutopolis

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

Altamont and Teutopolis 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 1,693 in Teutopolis). Teutopolis has the higher median household income ($96,875 vs $76,198 in Altamont). Teutopolis has the higher median home value ($230,400 vs $132,200 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Teutopolis
Population	2,500	1,693
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,198	$96,875
Median home value	$132,200	$230,400
Median gross rent	$898	$600
Housing units	1,040	748
Homeownership rate	78.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Teutopolis
Population	2,333 → 2,500 (+7.2%)	1,730 → 1,693 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$46,204 → $76,198 (+64.9%)	$74,083 → $96,875 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $132,200 (+34.1%)	$166,500 → $230,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $898 (+20.1%)	$614 → $600 (-2.3%)

Altamont

Population

2,3332,500

Median household income

$46,204$76,198

Median home value

$98,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$748$898

Teutopolis

Population

1,7301,693

Median household income

$74,083$96,875

Median home value

$166,500$230,400

Median gross rent

$614$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Teutopolis
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.0%
75 and over	12.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Teutopolis
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Teutopolis
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Teutopolis
Drove alone	74.9%	80.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Teutopolis
1-unit, detached	79.2%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Teutopolis
Poverty rate	14.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1964	1976