Altamont vs Lake Viking

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

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

Lake Viking has the higher population (329 vs 150 in Altamont). Lake Viking has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Lake Viking's population has grown faster (-24.2% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Lake Viking
Population	150	329
Median age	36.5 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$68,819
Median home value	—	$294,800
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	120	518
Homeownership rate	76.8%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Lake Viking
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	434 → 329 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$55,208 → $68,819 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$235,400 → $294,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	—

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Lake Viking

Population

434329

Median household income

$55,208$68,819

Median home value

$235,400$294,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Lake Viking
Under 5	12.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	7.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	28.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.1%
75 and over	5.3%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Lake Viking
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	Lake Viking
No high school diploma	29.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.1%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Lake Viking
Drove alone	75.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.0%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Lake Viking
1-unit, detached	48.3%	84.9%
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%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Lake Viking
Poverty rate	30.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1985	1995