Altona vs East Galesburg

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

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

East Galesburg has the higher population (676 vs 519 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $65,750 in East Galesburg). East Galesburg has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	East Galesburg
Population	519	676
Median age	40.4 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$65,750
Median home value	$89,200	$106,000
Median gross rent	$944	$791
Housing units	258	344
Homeownership rate	92.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	East Galesburg
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	615 → 676 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$59,844 → $65,750 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$103,800 → $106,000 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	$670 → $791 (+18.1%)

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

East Galesburg

Population

615676

Median household income

$59,844$65,750

Median home value

$103,800$106,000

Median gross rent

$670$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	East Galesburg
Under 5	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.6%
75 and over	5.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	East Galesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	East Galesburg
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	East Galesburg
Drove alone	89.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	East Galesburg
1-unit, detached	98.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Altona	East Galesburg
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1969