Altamont vs Gallatin

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

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

Gallatin has the higher population (1,722 vs 150 in Altamont). Gallatin has the higher median household income ($43,322 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Gallatin's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Gallatin
Population	150	1,722
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$43,322
Median home value	—	$126,400
Median gross rent	$850	$761
Housing units	120	898
Homeownership rate	76.8%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Gallatin
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	1,597 → 1,722 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$38,929 → $43,322 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$83,300 → $126,400 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	$544 → $761 (+39.9%)

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Gallatin

Population

1,5971,722

Median household income

$38,929$43,322

Median home value

$83,300$126,400

Median gross rent

$544$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Gallatin
Under 5	12.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.5%
75 and over	5.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Gallatin
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Gallatin
No high school diploma	29.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Gallatin
Drove alone	75.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.0%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Gallatin
1-unit, detached	48.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	51.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Gallatin
Poverty rate	30.7%	24.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1985	1969