What is the population of Altamont village?

Altamont village has 1,767 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #684 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Altamont village?

Median household income in Altamont village is $105,455 a year, 34.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altamont village?

Median gross rent is $1,263 a month and the median home value is $306,700, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.

Is Altamont village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altamont village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Altamont, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Altamont, New York (Altamont, NY — Census place “Altamont village”) is 1,767 residents, ranking #684 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $105,455, the median home is worth $306,700 and median gross rent runs $1,263 a month. Looking for the Altamont New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Altamont, NY: 12009.

Population: 1,767Altamont village residents
Median household income: $105,455Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $306,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,263Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.9%Owner-occupied households

Altamont ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Altamont.

The Altamont NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

12009

What the numbers mean in Altamont village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Altamont village median would spend about 14.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.5% of residents and 77.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Altamont village, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Altamont village is a small town in New York, with 1,767 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #684 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 47% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Altamont village earn a median of $105,455 a year, 34.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 15% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Altamont village is valued at $306,700, 1.1% above the national figure and 3% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,263 a month, 10.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Altamont village?: Altamont village has 1,767 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #684 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Altamont village?: Median household income in Altamont village is $105,455 a year, 34.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Altamont village?: Median gross rent is $1,263 a month and the median home value is $306,700, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
Is Altamont village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Altamont village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Altamont village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.