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The city sits in a gently rolling plateau of sorts, with more rugged terrain along the Eleven Point River a few miles to the northeast. It has a total area of 1.58 square miles, and an average elevation of 781 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city sits in a gently rolling plateau of sorts, with more rugged terrain along the Eleven Point River a few miles to the northeast. It has a total area of 1.58 square miles, and an average elevation of 781 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Alton had a total of 871 inhabitants, grouped into 352 households, with a population density of 554.8 people per square mile. This figure represented a dramatic increase from the 2000 census, when Alton had a population of 668. 95.64% of the inhabitants were White, 0.46% were African-American, 0.69% were Native American, and 3.21% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.38% of the population.
The median age in Alton was 39.2 years, with 28.7% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.3% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.2% between 25 and 44, 16.9% between 45 and 64, and 25.6% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 45.7% male, 54.3% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Alton</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Alton had a median household income of $19,634, and a median family income of $37,083. The unemployment rate was 5.2%. The per capita income was $15,529. About 24.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 13.1% of people under the age of 18 and 35.3% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2900964&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Education==
Alton and most of central Oregon County are served by the Alton R-IV School District, a PK-12 public institution with a total enrollment of about 700 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/alton/alton-r_iv-school-district/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Comets, and the school colors are blue, yellow, and white.<ref>https://www.alton.k12.mo.us/</ref>
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