Altona vs Butler

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

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

Butler has the higher population (2,632 vs 447 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($64,232 vs $50,179 in Butler). Altona has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $100,700 in Butler).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Butler
Population	447	2,632
Median age	37.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,232	$50,179
Median home value	$111,800	$100,700
Median gross rent	$1,075	$763
Housing units	155	1,076
Homeownership rate	90.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Butler
Population	358 → 447 (+24.9%)	2,715 → 2,632 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $64,232 (+22.3%)	$57,344 → $50,179 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $111,800 (+41.9%)	$81,500 → $100,700 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,075 (+15.3%)	$798 → $763 (-4.4%)

Altona

Population

358447

Median household income

$52,500$64,232

Median home value

$78,800$111,800

Median gross rent

$932$1,075

Butler

Population

2,7152,632

Median household income

$57,344$50,179

Median home value

$81,500$100,700

Median gross rent

$798$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Butler
Under 5	5.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	30.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	3.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.0%
75 and over	3.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Butler
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Butler
No high school diploma	9.5%	17.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Butler
Drove alone	86.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Butler
1-unit, detached	91.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Butler
Poverty rate	3.4%	23.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1938	1956