Altamont vs Jameson

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

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

Altamont has the higher population (150 vs 122 in Jameson). Altamont has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $40,089 in Jameson). Since 2019, Jameson's population has grown faster (+28.4% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Jameson
Population	150	122
Median age	36.5 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$40,089
Median home value	—	$37,900
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	120	95
Homeownership rate	76.8%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Jameson
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	95 → 122 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$31,667 → $40,089 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$36,700 → $37,900 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	$650 → $725 (+11.5%)

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Jameson

Population

95122

Median household income

$31,667$40,089

Median home value

$36,700$37,900

Median gross rent

$650$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Jameson
Under 5	12.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	30.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	5.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	2.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	20.5%
75 and over	5.3%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Jameson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	100.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Jameson
No high school diploma	29.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	42.1%	77.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Jameson
Drove alone	75.4%	96.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.0%
Other means	7.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Jameson
1-unit, detached	48.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	51.7%	29.5%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Jameson
Poverty rate	30.7%	26.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1985	1952