Altamont vs Chetopa

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Chetopa: population, income, housing, and more.

Altamont and Chetopa are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altamont has the higher population (996 vs 995 in Chetopa). Altamont has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $22,614 in Chetopa). Altamont has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $63,300 in Chetopa).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Chetopa
Population	996	995
Median age	40.0 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$22,614
Median home value	$80,000	$63,300
Median gross rent	$940	$530
Housing units	391	477
Homeownership rate	83.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Chetopa
Population	1,144 → 996 (-12.9%)	1,238 → 995 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $61,071 (+11.8%)	$30,921 → $22,614 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $80,000 (-2.1%)	$51,200 → $63,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $940 (+60.4%)	$513 → $530 (+3.3%)

Altamont

Population

1,144996

Median household income

$54,632$61,071

Median home value

$81,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$586$940

Chetopa

Population

1,238995

Median household income

$30,921$22,614

Median home value

$51,200$63,300

Median gross rent

$513$530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Chetopa
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	21.5%
75 and over	6.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Chetopa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Chetopa
No high school diploma	6.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Chetopa
Drove alone	85.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Chetopa
1-unit, detached	88.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Chetopa
Poverty rate	4.7%	38.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1972	1958