Altona vs Garrett

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

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

Garrett has the higher population (6,540 vs 447 in Altona). Garrett has the higher median household income ($65,611 vs $64,232 in Altona). Garrett has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $111,800 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Garrett
Population	447	6,540
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,232	$65,611
Median home value	$111,800	$142,800
Median gross rent	$1,075	$836
Housing units	155	2,911
Homeownership rate	90.5%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Garrett
Population	358 → 447 (+24.9%)	6,651 → 6,540 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $64,232 (+22.3%)	$46,540 → $65,611 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $111,800 (+41.9%)	$98,000 → $142,800 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,075 (+15.3%)	$680 → $836 (+22.9%)

Altona

Population

358447

Median household income

$52,500$64,232

Median home value

$78,800$111,800

Median gross rent

$932$1,075

Garrett

Population

6,6516,540

Median household income

$46,540$65,611

Median home value

$98,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$680$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Garrett
Under 5	5.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	30.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	3.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Garrett
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Garrett
No high school diploma	9.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	68.6%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Garrett
Drove alone	86.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.6%	2.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Garrett
1-unit, detached	91.6%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Garrett
Poverty rate	3.4%	12.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1938	1972