Altamont vs Voorheesville

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

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

Voorheesville has the higher population (2,828 vs 1,767 in Altamont). Voorheesville has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $105,455 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $299,300 in Voorheesville).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Voorheesville
Population	1,767	2,828
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,455	$106,250
Median home value	$306,700	$299,300
Median gross rent	$1,263	$1,157
Housing units	737	1,128
Homeownership rate	77.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	53.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Voorheesville
Population	1,665 → 1,767 (+6.1%)	2,801 → 2,828 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$72,596 → $105,455 (+45.3%)	$97,938 → $106,250 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$249,400 → $306,700 (+23.0%)	$233,400 → $299,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,263 (+55.0%)	$994 → $1,157 (+16.4%)

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

Voorheesville

Population

2,8012,828

Median household income

$97,938$106,250

Median home value

$233,400$299,300

Median gross rent

$994$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Voorheesville
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Voorheesville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Voorheesville
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	12.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Voorheesville
Drove alone	73.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	16.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Voorheesville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Voorheesville
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1957	1970