Altamont vs Preston-Potter Hollow

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Preston-Potter Hollow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altamont has the higher population (1,767 vs 426 in Preston-Potter Hollow). Preston-Potter Hollow has the higher median household income ($118,467 vs $105,455 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $219,400 in Preston-Potter Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
Population	1,767	426
Median age	43.4 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,455	$118,467
Median home value	$306,700	$219,400
Median gross rent	$1,263	—
Housing units	737	331
Homeownership rate	77.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
Population	1,665 → 1,767 (+6.1%)	296 → 426 (+43.9%)
Median household income	$72,596 → $105,455 (+45.3%)	$48,056 → $118,467 (+146.5%)
Median home value	$249,400 → $306,700 (+23.0%)	$151,600 → $219,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,263 (+55.0%)	—

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

Preston-Potter Hollow

Population

296426

Median household income

$48,056$118,467

Median home value

$151,600$219,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
Under 5	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	2.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	1.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	36.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	21.4%
75 and over	9.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
Drove alone	73.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	18.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
1-unit, detached	72.2%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Preston-Potter Hollow
Poverty rate	3.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1957	1963