Altona vs Oak Run

A side-by-side comparison of Altona and Oak Run: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Run has the higher population (722 vs 519 in Altona). Oak Run has the higher median household income ($120,972 vs $67,125 in Altona). Oak Run has the higher median home value ($280,600 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Oak Run
Population	519	722
Median age	40.4 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$120,972
Median home value	$89,200	$280,600
Median gross rent	$944	—
Housing units	258	633
Homeownership rate	92.6%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Oak Run
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	556 → 722 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$79,750 → $120,972 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$240,000 → $280,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	—

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

Oak Run

Population

556722

Median household income

$79,750$120,972

Median home value

$240,000$280,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Oak Run
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	0.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	28.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	28.1%
75 and over	5.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Oak Run
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	98.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Oak Run
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Oak Run
Drove alone	89.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Oak Run
1-unit, detached	98.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	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	Oak Run
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1955	1998