Altona vs Plattsburgh West

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

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

Plattsburgh West has the higher population (1,306 vs 603 in Altona). Plattsburgh West has the higher median household income ($60,703 vs $21,629 in Altona). Altona has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $55,000 in Plattsburgh West).

Population, income & housing

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
Population	603	1,306
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,629	$60,703
Median home value	$95,000	$55,000
Median gross rent	$1,013	$903
Housing units	145	627
Homeownership rate	38.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
Population	729 → 603 (-17.3%)	1,296 → 1,306 (+0.8%)
Median household income	—	$37,311 → $60,703 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $95,000 (+43.9%)	$74,600 → $55,000 (-26.3%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,013 (+32.9%)	$773 → $903 (+16.8%)

Altona

Population

729603

Median home value

$66,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$762$1,013

Plattsburgh West

Population

1,2961,306

Median household income

$37,311$60,703

Median home value

$74,600$55,000

Median gross rent

$773$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
Under 5	0.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	17.2%	13.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	21.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	1.7%	14.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	17.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
No high school diploma	40.4%	21.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
Drove alone	42.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	50.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
1-unit, detached	88.3%	20.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	73.8%

Poverty & households

	Altona	Plattsburgh West
Poverty rate	44.7%	20.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1951	1992