Altura vs Lewiston

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

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

Lewiston has the higher population (1,680 vs 413 in Altura). Lewiston has the higher median household income ($96,912 vs $65,833 in Altura). Lewiston has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $171,900 in Altura).

Population, income & housing

	Altura	Lewiston
Population	413	1,680
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$96,912
Median home value	$171,900	$211,200
Median gross rent	$644	$955
Housing units	184	655
Homeownership rate	89.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altura	Lewiston
Population	474 → 413 (-12.9%)	1,802 → 1,680 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$65,577 → $65,833 (+0.4%)	$66,016 → $96,912 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $171,900 (+16.1%)	$163,300 → $211,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $644 (-13.0%)	$680 → $955 (+40.4%)

Altura

Population

474413

Median household income

$65,577$65,833

Median home value

$148,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$740$644

Lewiston

Population

1,8021,680

Median household income

$66,016$96,912

Median home value

$163,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$680$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altura	Lewiston
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	20.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.5%
75 and over	10.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altura	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altura	Lewiston
No high school diploma	3.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altura	Lewiston
Drove alone	79.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altura	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	92.9%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Altura	Lewiston
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1973	1979