Altona vs Yates City

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

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

Yates City has the higher population (636 vs 519 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $61,500 in Yates City). Yates City has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $89,200 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Yates City
Population	519	636
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$61,500
Median home value	$89,200	$94,600
Median gross rent	$944	$625
Housing units	258	320
Homeownership rate	92.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Yates City
Population	628 → 519 (-17.4%)	832 → 636 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,125 (+11.3%)	$49,904 → $61,500 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $89,200 (+31.4%)	$82,400 → $94,600 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $944 (+44.6%)	$728 → $625 (-14.1%)

Altona

Population

628519

Median household income

$60,313$67,125

Median home value

$67,900$89,200

Median gross rent

$653$944

Yates City

Population

832636

Median household income

$49,904$61,500

Median home value

$82,400$94,600

Median gross rent

$728$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Yates City
Under 5	6.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Yates City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Yates City
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Yates City
Drove alone	89.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Yates City
1-unit, detached	98.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.8%
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	Yates City
Poverty rate	8.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1955	1951