Altoona vs Fredonia

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

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

Fredonia has the higher population (2,113 vs 409 in Altoona). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $44,107 in Altoona). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $50,200 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Fredonia
Population	409	2,113
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,107	$61,250
Median home value	$50,200	$87,700
Median gross rent	$706	$712
Housing units	210	1,143
Homeownership rate	86.1%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Fredonia
Population	253 → 409 (+61.7%)	2,141 → 2,113 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$27,969 → $44,107 (+57.7%)	$44,178 → $61,250 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $50,200 (+48.1%)	$74,000 → $87,700 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $706 (-2.6%)	$695 → $712 (+2.4%)

Altoona

Population

253409

Median household income

$27,969$44,107

Median home value

$33,900$50,200

Median gross rent

$725$706

Fredonia

Population

2,1412,113

Median household income

$44,178$61,250

Median home value

$74,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$695$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Fredonia
Under 5	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Fredonia
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Fredonia
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Fredonia
Drove alone	89.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Fredonia
1-unit, detached	67.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Fredonia
Poverty rate	17.4%	19.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1971	1964