Altona vs Champlain

A side-by-side comparison of Altona and Champlain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Champlain has the higher population (1,206 vs 603 in Altona). Champlain has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $21,629 in Altona). Champlain has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $95,000 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Champlain
Population	603	1,206
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$21,629	$56,250
Median home value	$95,000	$120,600
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,054
Housing units	145	589
Homeownership rate	38.7%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Champlain
Population	729 → 603 (-17.3%)	1,002 → 1,206 (+20.4%)
Median household income	—	$34,276 → $56,250 (+64.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $95,000 (+43.9%)	$123,900 → $120,600 (-2.7%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,013 (+32.9%)	$742 → $1,054 (+42.0%)

Altona

Population

729603

Median home value

$66,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$762$1,013

Champlain

Population

1,0021,206

Median household income

$34,276$56,250

Median home value

$123,900$120,600

Median gross rent

$742$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Champlain
Under 5	0.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	7.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	17.2%	15.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	21.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	1.7%	13.4%
75 and over	0.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Champlain
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	17.4%	4.0%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Champlain
No high school diploma	40.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	34.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Champlain
Drove alone	42.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	50.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Champlain
1-unit, detached	88.3%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Champlain
Poverty rate	44.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1951	1949