Altona, Indiana

Population

Growing. Up 2.8% since 2020.

220

people, the 497th-largest of Indiana's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Indiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 123% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,080

a month. Indiana's median is $1,062.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $700.

A $700 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in DeKalb County.

• $811 Tract 203
• $1,511 Tract 208

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 88% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 47% less than Indiana's.

$114,600

median home value in Altona.

• $114,600 Altona
• $218,200 Indiana
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year