Altamont vs Winston

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

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

Winston has the higher population (153 vs 150 in Altamont). Winston has the higher median household income ($50,500 vs $41,250 in Altamont). Since 2019, Altamont's population has grown faster (-25.4% vs -28.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Winston
Population	150	153
Median age	36.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$50,500
Median home value	—	$64,500
Median gross rent	$850	$742
Housing units	120	75
Homeownership rate	76.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Winston
Population	201 → 150 (-25.4%)	214 → 153 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $41,250 (+7.9%)	$40,000 → $50,500 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $61,300 (+33.3%)	$61,700 → $64,500 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $850 (+22.8%)	$767 → $742 (-3.3%)

Altamont

Population

201150

Median household income

$38,214$41,250

Median home value

$46,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$692$850

Winston

Population

214153

Median household income

$40,000$50,500

Median home value

$61,700$64,500

Median gross rent

$767$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Winston
Under 5	12.7%	13.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	19.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Winston
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Winston
No high school diploma	29.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	42.1%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Winston
Drove alone	75.4%	64.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	26.9%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Winston
1-unit, detached	48.3%	78.7%
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%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Winston
Poverty rate	30.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1985	1938