Altona vs Wataga

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

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

Wataga has the higher population (782 vs 519 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $57,500 in Wataga). Wataga has the higher median home value ($95,700 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Wataga
Population	519	782
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$57,500
Median home value	$89,200	$95,700
Median gross rent	$944	$634
Housing units	258	354
Homeownership rate	92.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Wataga
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	820 → 782 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$39,226 → $57,500 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$81,500 → $95,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	$505 → $634 (+25.5%)

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

Wataga

Population

820782

Median household income

$39,226$57,500

Median home value

$81,500$95,700

Median gross rent

$505$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Wataga
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	23.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Wataga
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Wataga
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Wataga
Drove alone	89.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Wataga
1-unit, detached	98.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Wataga
Poverty rate	8.3%	14.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1973