Altona vs Williamsfield

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

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

Altona has the higher population (519 vs 500 in Williamsfield). Williamsfield has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $67,125 in Altona). Williamsfield has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Williamsfield
Population	519	500
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$75,208
Median home value	$89,200	$98,100
Median gross rent	$944	$625
Housing units	258	208
Homeownership rate	92.6%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Williamsfield
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	476 → 500 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$45,278 → $75,208 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$77,500 → $98,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	$544 → $625 (+14.9%)

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

Williamsfield

Population

476500

Median household income

$45,278$75,208

Median home value

$77,500$98,100

Median gross rent

$544$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Williamsfield
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	24.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	5.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.4%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Williamsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Williamsfield
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Williamsfield
Drove alone	89.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Williamsfield
1-unit, detached	98.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Williamsfield
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1955	1969