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Altona village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Altona village is a Census village of 498 people across 0.94 square miles of land, in Knox County. Median household income is $69,375, 91.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $525,000.
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Altona
What Altona is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.94 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land531 plus or minus 174
- County holding the largest share of its areaKnox County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altona
How many people live in Altona
- Population498 plus or minus 163
- Median age43.5
- Population under 18102 plus or minus 33
- Share under 1820.5 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Population 65 and over115 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over23.1 percent
- Households196 plus or minus 45
- Family households123 plus or minus 36
- Share of households that are families62.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altona
Income and work in Altona
- Median household income$69,375 plus or minus $17,015
- Per capita income$39,325 plus or minus $11,867
- Civilian labor force262 plus or minus 146
- Employed212 plus or minus 82
- Unemployed50 plus or minus 74
- Unemployment rate19.1 percent plus or minus 26.2
- Adults 25 and over330 plus or minus 87
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent plus or minus 32.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.2 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altona
Housing in Altona
- Housing units249 plus or minus 56
- Occupied units196 plus or minus 45
- Vacant units53 plus or minus 36
- Vacancy rate21.3 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Owner occupied180 plus or minus 43
- Renter occupied16 plus or minus 12
- Ownership rate91.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$102,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$940 plus or minus $324
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Single family units246 plus or minus 57
- Share single family98.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3 plus or minus 14
- Share in buildings of two or more1.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altona
How Altona gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute208 plus or minus 82
- Commuting under 15 minutes59 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.4 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more55 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.4 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Drove alone91.0 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home1.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altona
SBA loans in Altona (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$525,000
- Average approval$525,000
- Median approval$525,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$525,000
- Largest approval$525,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Altona
Flood risk in Altona
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170941
- Currently effective map date08/02/11(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Knox County, not Altona
Knox County context, not Altona figures
These are Knox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Altona measurements.
- Establishments in Knox County968
- Employment at those establishments, Knox County14,242
- Covered employment, Knox County17,106
- Average annual pay, Knox County$46,491
- Average weekly wage, Knox County$894
- Housing units permitted, Knox County2
- Of those, single family, Knox County2
- County product, 2024, Knox County$2,448,651,000
- County product change over the prior year, Knox County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Knox County$49,035
Every figure in this section is published for Knox County as a whole and is not a measurement of Altona. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Altona questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Altona, Illinois?
498, in 196 households. Altona village covers 0.94 square miles of land, which is 531 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Altona in?
Knox County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Altona?
$69,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $102,000. Median gross rent is $940 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Altona businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $525,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $525,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Altona, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Altona borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Altona. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Altona in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Altona appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170941, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Altona figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Knox County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Altona.
Is zoning published for Altona?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.