Altoona vs Lafontaine

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

Altoona and Lafontaine 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 51 in Lafontaine). Lafontaine has the higher median household income ($51,125 vs $44,107 in Altoona). Since 2019, Altoona's population has grown faster (+61.7% vs +6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Lafontaine
Population	409	51
Median age	39.6 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,107	$51,125
Median home value	$50,200	—
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	210	23
Homeownership rate	86.1%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Lafontaine
Population	253 → 409 (+61.7%)	48 → 51 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$27,969 → $44,107 (+57.7%)	—
Median home value	$33,900 → $50,200 (+48.1%)	—
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

Lafontaine

Population

4851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Lafontaine
Under 5	7.1%	15.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	43.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	31.4%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Lafontaine
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	84.3%
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%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Lafontaine
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Lafontaine
Drove alone	89.5%	47.2%
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%	52.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Lafontaine
1-unit, detached	67.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Lafontaine
Poverty rate	17.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1971	1938