Altamont vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (1,770 vs 996 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($61,071 vs $51,701 in Oswego). Oswego has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $80,000 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Oswego
Population	996	1,770
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,071	$51,701
Median home value	$80,000	$80,700
Median gross rent	$940	$690
Housing units	391	809
Homeownership rate	83.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Oswego
Population	1,144 → 996 (-12.9%)	1,676 → 1,770 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$54,632 → $61,071 (+11.8%)	$43,232 → $51,701 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $80,000 (-2.1%)	$58,500 → $80,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $940 (+60.4%)	$536 → $690 (+28.7%)

Altamont

Population

1,144996

Median household income

$54,632$61,071

Median home value

$81,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$586$940

Oswego

Population

1,6761,770

Median household income

$43,232$51,701

Median home value

$58,500$80,700

Median gross rent

$536$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Oswego
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.4%
75 and over	6.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	1.0%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Oswego
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Oswego
Drove alone	85.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Oswego
1-unit, detached	88.2%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Oswego
Poverty rate	4.7%	20.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1972	1958