Altamont vs Falcon Heights

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

Altamont and Falcon Heights are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altamont has the higher population (19,844 vs 758 in Falcon Heights). Falcon Heights has the higher median household income ($61,275 vs $56,236 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median home value ($222,600 vs $181,100 in Falcon Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
Population	19,844	758
Median age	36.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,236	$61,275
Median home value	$222,600	$181,100
Median gross rent	$998	—
Housing units	8,139	385
Homeownership rate	68.8%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
Population	19,341 → 19,844 (+2.6%)	642 → 758 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$46,930 → $56,236 (+19.8%)	$63,000 → $61,275 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $222,600 (+41.3%)	$121,200 → $181,100 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $998 (+26.5%)	—

Altamont

Population

19,34119,844

Median household income

$46,930$56,236

Median home value

$157,500$222,600

Median gross rent

$789$998

Falcon Heights

Population

642758

Median household income

$63,000$61,275

Median home value

$121,200$181,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
Under 5	7.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	5.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	26.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	31.5%
75 and over	8.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	1.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
Drove alone	82.2%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	28.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
1-unit, detached	71.5%	17.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	73.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Falcon Heights
Poverty rate	19.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1971	1962