Altamont vs Dennis

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

Altamont and Dennis 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 195 in Dennis). Dennis has the higher median household income ($90,188 vs $61,071 in Altamont). Dennis has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $80,000 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Dennis
Population	996	195
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$90,188
Median home value	$80,000	$156,500
Median gross rent	$940	—
Housing units	391	111
Homeownership rate	83.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Dennis
Population	1,144 → 996 (-12.9%)	222 → 195 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $61,071 (+11.8%)	$76,744 → $90,188 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $80,000 (-2.1%)	$123,800 → $156,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $940 (+60.4%)	—

Altamont

Population

1,144996

Median household income

$54,632$61,071

Median home value

$81,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$586$940

Dennis

Population

222195

Median household income

$76,744$90,188

Median home value

$123,800$156,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Dennis
Under 5	6.2%	0.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	33.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	30.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	4.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.6%
75 and over	6.3%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	61.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
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%	25.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Dennis
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Dennis
Drove alone	85.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Dennis
1-unit, detached	88.2%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Dennis
Poverty rate	4.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1972	2011