Altoona vs Neodesha

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

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

Neodesha has the higher population (2,311 vs 409 in Altoona). Neodesha has the higher median household income ($48,532 vs $44,107 in Altoona). Neodesha has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $50,200 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Neodesha
Population	409	2,311
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,107	$48,532
Median home value	$50,200	$88,500
Median gross rent	$706	$784
Housing units	210	1,177
Homeownership rate	86.1%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Neodesha
Population	253 → 409 (+61.7%)	2,083 → 2,311 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$27,969 → $44,107 (+57.7%)	$40,711 → $48,532 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $50,200 (+48.1%)	$58,700 → $88,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $706 (-2.6%)	$605 → $784 (+29.6%)

Altoona

Population

253409

Median household income

$27,969$44,107

Median home value

$33,900$50,200

Median gross rent

$725$706

Neodesha

Population

2,0832,311

Median household income

$40,711$48,532

Median home value

$58,700$88,500

Median gross rent

$605$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Neodesha
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Neodesha
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Neodesha
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Neodesha
Drove alone	89.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.0%
Other means	2.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Neodesha
1-unit, detached	67.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Neodesha
Poverty rate	17.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1971	1957