PlainZIP

Altona, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Altona, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 854. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALTONA-IL · Altona, IL 1 ZIPs · 854 pop · #22102/25278 · Knox County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $48,929
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22102/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Galesburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 854
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $134,400

Nearest income peer: Galesburg, IL (+ $1,617 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Altona

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Altona on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Altona, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

13th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
854
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,929
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($48,929 average) · poverty 8.3%. The primary code (61414) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Illinois, Urbana is the closest lower-income city and Vermilion the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Altona.

Population concentration

Altona reads through its lone ZIP, 61414

854 ACS residents, one ZIP: 61414 is not the leading code inside Altona, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Altona

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 58 employees , annual payroll $1,891k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61414 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Altona, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Knox County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Altona. See the Knox County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Knox County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Altona, Galesburg, Abingdon and Knoxville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Williamsfield marks the far end of that range at $98,125, 101% above Altona.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61414 854 $48,929 12 7
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