Altamont vs Pattonsburg

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

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

Pattonsburg has the higher population (244 vs 150 in Altamont). Pattonsburg has the higher median household income ($41,563 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Pattonsburg's population has grown faster (-23.3% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
Population	150	244
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$41,563
Median home value	—	$65,000
Median gross rent	$850	$525
Housing units	120	89
Homeownership rate	76.8%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	318 → 244 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$37,083 → $41,563 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$63,300 → $65,000 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	$475 → $525 (+10.5%)

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Pattonsburg

Population

318244

Median household income

$37,083$41,563

Median home value

$63,300$65,000

Median gross rent

$475$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
Under 5	12.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	3.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	20.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	24.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
No high school diploma	29.5%	33.7%
High school graduate	42.1%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
Drove alone	75.4%	92.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.5%
Other means	7.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
1-unit, detached	48.3%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.7%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Pattonsburg
Poverty rate	30.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.68	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1985	1990