Altamont vs Running Y Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Altamont and Running Y Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Altamont and Running Y Ranch 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 841 in Running Y Ranch). Running Y Ranch has the higher median household income ($166,375 vs $56,236 in Altamont). Running Y Ranch has the higher median home value ($558,200 vs $222,600 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
Population	19,844	841
Median age	36.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,236	$166,375
Median home value	$222,600	$558,200
Median gross rent	$998	$1,984
Housing units	8,139	528
Homeownership rate	68.8%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
Population	19,341 → 19,844 (+2.6%)	930 → 841 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$46,930 → $56,236 (+19.8%)	$146,101 → $166,375 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $222,600 (+41.3%)	$386,800 → $558,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $998 (+26.5%)	$2,112 → $1,984 (-6.1%)

Altamont

Population

19,34119,844

Median household income

$46,930$56,236

Median home value

$157,500$222,600

Median gross rent

$789$998

Running Y Ranch

Population

930841

Median household income

$146,101$166,375

Median home value

$386,800$558,200

Median gross rent

$2,112$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.0%
75 and over	8.2%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	7.7%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	41.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
Drove alone	82.2%	59.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	26.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
1-unit, detached	71.5%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Running Y Ranch
Poverty rate	19.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	14	34
Median year structure built	1971	2003