Altamont vs Duchesne

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

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

Duchesne has the higher population (1,744 vs 390 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $78,854 in Duchesne). Duchesne has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $200,000 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Duchesne
Population	390	1,744
Median age	22.8 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$78,854
Median home value	$200,000	$216,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,050
Housing units	112	634
Homeownership rate	94.6%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Duchesne
Population	203 → 390 (+92.1%)	1,830 → 1,744 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $88,750 (+13.6%)	$52,885 → $78,854 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $200,000 (+24.2%)	$165,000 → $216,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $725 (-20.9%)	$863 → $1,050 (+21.7%)

Altamont

Population

203390

Median household income

$78,125$88,750

Median home value

$161,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$917$725

Duchesne

Population

1,8301,744

Median household income

$52,885$78,854

Median home value

$165,000$216,700

Median gross rent

$863$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Duchesne
Under 5	10.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	26.9%	25.3%
18 to 24	17.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	4.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	2.6%	4.0%
75 and over	3.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Duchesne
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Duchesne
No high school diploma	17.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Duchesne
Drove alone	92.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Duchesne
1-unit, detached	67.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Duchesne
Poverty rate	5.6%	14.0%
Average household size	4.19	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1988	1978