Altona vs Au Sable Forks

A side-by-side comparison of Altona and Au Sable Forks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Altona has the higher population (603 vs 559 in Au Sable Forks). Au Sable Forks has the higher median household income ($53,352 vs $21,629 in Altona). Au Sable Forks has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $95,000 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
Population	603	559
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,629	$53,352
Median home value	$95,000	$168,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$867
Housing units	145	255
Homeownership rate	38.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
Population	729 → 603 (-17.3%)	424 → 559 (+31.8%)
Median household income	—	$58,542 → $53,352 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $95,000 (+43.9%)	$93,900 → $168,800 (+79.8%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,013 (+32.9%)	$689 → $867 (+25.8%)

Altona

Population

729603

Median home value

$66,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$762$1,013

Au Sable Forks

Population

424559

Median household income

$58,542$53,352

Median home value

$93,900$168,800

Median gross rent

$689$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
Under 5	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	31.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	21.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	21.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	1.7%	15.4%
75 and over	0.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	17.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
No high school diploma	40.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
Drove alone	42.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	50.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
1-unit, detached	88.3%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Au Sable Forks
Poverty rate	44.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1951	1970