Altamont vs Menands

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

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

Menands has the higher population (4,503 vs 1,767 in Altamont). Altamont has the higher median household income ($105,455 vs $79,750 in Menands). Altamont has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $237,700 in Menands).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Menands
Population	1,767	4,503
Median age	43.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,455	$79,750
Median home value	$306,700	$237,700
Median gross rent	$1,263	$1,363
Housing units	737	2,174
Homeownership rate	77.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Menands
Population	1,665 → 1,767 (+6.1%)	3,923 → 4,503 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$72,596 → $105,455 (+45.3%)	$70,000 → $79,750 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$249,400 → $306,700 (+23.0%)	$252,200 → $237,700 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,263 (+55.0%)	$1,211 → $1,363 (+12.6%)

Altamont

Population

1,6651,767

Median household income

$72,596$105,455

Median home value

$249,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$815$1,263

Menands

Population

3,9234,503

Median household income

$70,000$79,750

Median home value

$252,200$237,700

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Menands
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	25.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Menands
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Menands
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	12.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Menands
Drove alone	73.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	1.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	17.8%
Other means	1.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Menands
1-unit, detached	72.2%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	53.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Menands
Poverty rate	3.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1957	1972