Altamont vs Jamesport

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

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

Jamesport has the higher population (628 vs 150 in Altamont). Jamesport has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Jamesport's population has grown faster (+29.2% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Jamesport
Population	150	628
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$46,875
Median home value	—	$76,900
Median gross rent	$850	$450
Housing units	120	294
Homeownership rate	76.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Jamesport
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	486 → 628 (+29.2%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$35,729 → $46,875 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$75,700 → $76,900 (+1.6%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	$475 → $450 (-5.3%)

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Jamesport

Population

486628

Median household income

$35,729$46,875

Median home value

$75,700$76,900

Median gross rent

$475$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Jamesport
Under 5	12.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.4%
75 and over	5.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Jamesport
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Jamesport
No high school diploma	29.5%	13.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Jamesport
Drove alone	75.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.9%
Other means	7.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Jamesport
1-unit, detached	48.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Jamesport
Poverty rate	30.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1985	1967