Altona vs Waterloo

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

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

Waterloo has the higher population (2,180 vs 447 in Altona). Altona has the higher median household income ($64,232 vs $61,375 in Waterloo). Altona has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $108,600 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Waterloo
Population	447	2,180
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,232	$61,375
Median home value	$111,800	$108,600
Median gross rent	$1,075	$829
Housing units	155	963
Homeownership rate	90.5%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Waterloo
Population	358 → 447 (+24.9%)	2,221 → 2,180 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $64,232 (+22.3%)	$50,536 → $61,375 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $111,800 (+41.9%)	$78,900 → $108,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,075 (+15.3%)	$665 → $829 (+24.7%)

Altona

Population

358447

Median household income

$52,500$64,232

Median home value

$78,800$111,800

Median gross rent

$932$1,075

Waterloo

Population

2,2212,180

Median household income

$50,536$61,375

Median home value

$78,900$108,600

Median gross rent

$665$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Waterloo
Under 5	5.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	30.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	3.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	5.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	11.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Waterloo
No high school diploma	9.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	68.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Waterloo
Drove alone	86.7%	90.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	91.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Waterloo
Poverty rate	3.4%	16.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964