Altamont vs Siena College

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

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

Siena College has the higher population (2,349 vs 1,767 in Altamont). Since 2019, Siena College's population has grown faster (+7.7% vs +6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Siena College
Population	1,767	2,349
Median age	43.4 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,455	—
Median home value	$306,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,263	—
Housing units	737	0
Homeownership rate	77.9%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Siena College
Population	1,665 → 1,767 (+6.1%)	2,182 → 2,349 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$72,596 → $105,455 (+45.3%)	—
Median home value	$249,400 → $306,700 (+23.0%)	—
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

Siena College

Population

2,1822,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Siena College
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	2.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	96.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	0.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	0.6%
75 and over	9.8%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Siena College
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Siena College
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	68.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Siena College
Drove alone	73.5%	41.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.9%	2.9%
Walked	1.9%	37.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	15.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Siena College
1-unit, detached	72.2%	—
1-unit, attached	2.2%	—
2 to 4 units	13.4%	—
5 to 19 units	11.4%	—
20 or more units	0.8%	—
Mobile home & other	0.0%	—

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Siena College
Poverty rate	3.5%	16.7%
Average household size	2.42	—
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1957	—