Altamont vs Green Island

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

Altamont and Green Island are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green Island has the higher population (2,966 vs 1,767 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($105,455 vs $70,281 in Green Island). Altamont has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $137,300 in Green Island).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Green Island
Population	1,767	2,966
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,455	$70,281
Median home value	$306,700	$137,300
Median gross rent	$1,263	$1,081
Housing units	737	1,758
Homeownership rate	77.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Green Island
Population	1,665 → 1,767 (+6.1%)	2,592 → 2,966 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$72,596 → $105,455 (+45.3%)	$55,104 → $70,281 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$249,400 → $306,700 (+23.0%)	$134,800 → $137,300 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,263 (+55.0%)	$824 → $1,081 (+31.2%)

Altamont

Population

1,6651,767

Median household income

$72,596$105,455

Median home value

$249,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$815$1,263

Green Island

Population

2,5922,966

Median household income

$55,104$70,281

Median home value

$134,800$137,300

Median gross rent

$824$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Green Island
Under 5	4.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	7.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	24.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	3.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.9%
75 and over	9.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Green Island
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Green Island
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	12.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Green Island
Drove alone	73.5%	66.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.9%	9.5%
Walked	1.9%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Green Island
1-unit, detached	72.2%	21.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	58.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Green Island
Poverty rate	3.5%	23.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1957	1938