Altamont vs Mound Valley

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

Altamont and Mound Valley 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 320 in Mound Valley). Altamont has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $40,972 in Mound Valley). Altamont has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $46,700 in Mound Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Mound Valley
Population	996	320
Median age	40.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$40,972
Median home value	$80,000	$46,700
Median gross rent	$940	$571
Housing units	391	177
Homeownership rate	83.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Mound Valley
Population	1,144 → 996 (-12.9%)	337 → 320 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $61,071 (+11.8%)	$32,083 → $40,972 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $80,000 (-2.1%)	$65,000 → $46,700 (-28.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $940 (+60.4%)	$557 → $571 (+2.5%)

Altamont

Population

1,144996

Median household income

$54,632$61,071

Median home value

$81,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$586$940

Mound Valley

Population

337320

Median household income

$32,083$40,972

Median home value

$65,000$46,700

Median gross rent

$557$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Mound Valley
Under 5	6.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	15.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	22.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.2%
75 and over	6.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Mound Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.6%
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%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Mound Valley
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Mound Valley
Drove alone	85.8%	61.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	13.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Mound Valley
1-unit, detached	88.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Mound Valley
Poverty rate	4.7%	21.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1972	1961