Altamont vs Lock Springs

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

Altamont and Lock Springs 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 64 in Lock Springs). Lock Springs has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Lock Springs's population has grown faster (+45.5% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Lock Springs
Population	150	64
Median age	36.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$106,667
Median home value	—	$154,200
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	120	28
Homeownership rate	76.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Lock Springs
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	44 → 64 (+45.5%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$57,500 → $106,667 (+85.5%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$73,300 → $154,200 (+110.4%)
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

Lock Springs

Population

4464

Median household income

$57,500$106,667

Median home value

$73,300$154,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Lock Springs
Under 5	12.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	31.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	21.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	4.7%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Lock Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	79.7%
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%	20.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Lock Springs
No high school diploma	29.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	84.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Lock Springs
Drove alone	75.4%	60.0%
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%	40.0%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Lock Springs
1-unit, detached	48.3%	96.4%
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%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Lock Springs
Poverty rate	30.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.68	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1985	1950