Altura vs Dakota

A side-by-side comparison of Altura and Dakota: population, income, housing, and more.

Altura and Dakota are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altura has the higher population (413 vs 276 in Dakota). Dakota has the higher median household income ($92,969 vs $65,833 in Altura). Dakota has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $171,900 in Altura).

Population, income & housing

	Altura	Dakota
Population	413	276
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$92,969
Median home value	$171,900	$223,900
Median gross rent	$644	—
Housing units	184	151
Homeownership rate	89.7%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altura	Dakota
Population	474 → 413 (-12.9%)	287 → 276 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$65,577 → $65,833 (+0.4%)	$61,786 → $92,969 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $171,900 (+16.1%)	$162,900 → $223,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $644 (-13.0%)	—

Altura

Population

474413

Median household income

$65,577$65,833

Median home value

$148,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$740$644

Dakota

Population

287276

Median household income

$61,786$92,969

Median home value

$162,900$223,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altura	Dakota
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	13.8%	15.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	20.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	18.5%
75 and over	10.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altura	Dakota
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altura	Dakota
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altura	Dakota
Drove alone	79.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.8%
Other means	3.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altura	Dakota
1-unit, detached	92.9%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Altura	Dakota
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1973	1965