Altoona vs Coyville

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Coyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altoona has the higher population (409 vs 67 in Coyville). Altoona has the higher median home value ($50,200 vs $49,400 in Coyville). Since 2019, Coyville's population has grown faster (+103.0% vs +61.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Coyville
Population	409	67
Median age	39.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,107	—
Median home value	$50,200	$49,400
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	210	43
Homeownership rate	86.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	25.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Coyville
Population	253 → 409 (+61.7%)	33 → 67 (+103.0%)
Median household income	$27,969 → $44,107 (+57.7%)	—
Median home value	$33,900 → $50,200 (+48.1%)	$34,200 → $49,400 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $706 (-2.6%)	—

Altoona

Population

253409

Median household income

$27,969$44,107

Median home value

$33,900$50,200

Median gross rent

$725$706

Coyville

Population

3367

Median home value

$34,200$49,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Coyville
Under 5	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	14.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	1.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	25.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	23.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	3.0%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Coyville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	71.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.0%	28.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Coyville
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Coyville
Drove alone	89.5%	55.0%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	45.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Coyville
1-unit, detached	67.6%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Coyville
Poverty rate	17.4%	35.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1971	1938