Altura vs Homer

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

Altura and Homer 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 189 in Homer). Homer has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $65,833 in Altura). Homer has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $171,900 in Altura).

Population, income & housing

	Altura	Homer
Population	413	189
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$81,250
Median home value	$171,900	$283,300
Median gross rent	$644	—
Housing units	184	82
Homeownership rate	89.7%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altura	Homer
Population	474 → 413 (-12.9%)	193 → 189 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$65,577 → $65,833 (+0.4%)	$60,750 → $81,250 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $171,900 (+16.1%)	$217,000 → $283,300 (+30.6%)
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

Homer

Population

193189

Median household income

$60,750$81,250

Median home value

$217,000$283,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altura	Homer
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	22.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	20.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	5.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	18.0%
75 and over	10.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altura	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altura	Homer
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	41.2%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altura	Homer
Drove alone	79.3%	43.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	54.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.9%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altura	Homer
1-unit, detached	92.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altura	Homer
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1973	1995