Altona vs Mooers

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

Altona and Mooers 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 423 in Mooers). Mooers has the higher median household income ($69,417 vs $21,629 in Altona). Mooers has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $95,000 in Altona).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Mooers
Population	603	423
Median age	43.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$21,629	$69,417
Median home value	$95,000	$162,900
Median gross rent	$1,013	—
Housing units	145	121
Homeownership rate	38.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Mooers
Population	729 → 603 (-17.3%)	308 → 423 (+37.3%)
Median household income	—	$36,447 → $69,417 (+90.5%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $95,000 (+43.9%)	$115,400 → $162,900 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,013 (+32.9%)	—

Altona

Population

729603

Median home value

$66,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$762$1,013

Mooers

Population

308423

Median household income

$36,447$69,417

Median home value

$115,400$162,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Mooers
Under 5	0.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	17.2%	18.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	21.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	21.6%	3.1%
65 to 74	1.7%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Mooers
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Mooers
No high school diploma	40.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Mooers
Drove alone	42.7%	54.3%
Carpooled	50.4%	45.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Mooers
1-unit, detached	88.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Mooers
Poverty rate	44.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1951	1965