Altona vs Oneida

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

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

Oneida has the higher population (770 vs 519 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $66,615 in Oneida). Oneida has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Oneida
Population	519	770
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$66,615
Median home value	$89,200	$107,400
Median gross rent	$944	$882
Housing units	258	291
Homeownership rate	92.6%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Oneida
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	708 → 770 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$71,250 → $66,615 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$81,500 → $107,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	$833 → $882 (+5.9%)

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

Oneida

Population

708770

Median household income

$71,250$66,615

Median home value

$81,500$107,400

Median gross rent

$833$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Oneida
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	19.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.4%
75 and over	5.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Oneida
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Oneida
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Oneida
Drove alone	89.0%	87.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Oneida
1-unit, detached	98.4%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Oneida
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1960