Altamont vs Edna

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

Altamont and Edna 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 357 in Edna). Altamont has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $57,222 in Edna). Edna has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $80,000 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Edna
Population	996	357
Median age	40.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$57,222
Median home value	$80,000	$84,400
Median gross rent	$940	$844
Housing units	391	225
Homeownership rate	83.5%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Edna
Population	1,144 → 996 (-12.9%)	417 → 357 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $61,071 (+11.8%)	$58,000 → $57,222 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $80,000 (-2.1%)	$67,200 → $84,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $940 (+60.4%)	$619 → $844 (+36.3%)

Altamont

Population

1,144996

Median household income

$54,632$61,071

Median home value

$81,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$586$940

Edna

Population

417357

Median household income

$58,000$57,222

Median home value

$67,200$84,400

Median gross rent

$619$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Edna
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Edna
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	5.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Edna
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Edna
Drove alone	85.8%	90.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Edna
1-unit, detached	88.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Edna
Poverty rate	4.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1972	1958