Altus vs Wiederkehr Village

A side-by-side comparison of Altus and Wiederkehr Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Altus and Wiederkehr Village are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altus has the higher population (857 vs 14 in Wiederkehr Village). Since 2019, Altus's population has grown faster (+3.9% vs -57.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
Population	857	14
Median age	45.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,656	—
Median home value	$110,500	—
Median gross rent	$657	—
Housing units	363	9
Homeownership rate	71.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
Population	825 → 857 (+3.9%)	33 → 14 (-57.6%)
Median household income	$36,188 → $37,656 (+4.1%)	$90,938 → $141,250 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $110,500 (+11.8%)	$131,300 → $131,300 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $657 (+16.7%)	—

Altus

Population

825857

Median household income

$36,188$37,656

Median home value

$98,800$110,500

Median gross rent

$563$657

Wiederkehr Village

Population

3314

Median household income

$90,938$141,250

Median home value

$131,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	18.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	42.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.1%
75 and over	8.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
No high school diploma	19.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
Drove alone	79.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	18.2%
Public transit	10.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
1-unit, detached	76.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Altus	Wiederkehr Village
Poverty rate	31.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.64	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1971	1991