Altura vs St. Charles

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

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

St. Charles has the higher population (4,021 vs 413 in Altura). St. Charles has the higher median household income ($96,544 vs $65,833 in Altura). St. Charles has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $171,900 in Altura).

Population, income & housing

	Altura	St. Charles
Population	413	4,021
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$96,544
Median home value	$171,900	$231,300
Median gross rent	$644	$941
Housing units	184	1,690
Homeownership rate	89.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altura	St. Charles
Population	474 → 413 (-12.9%)	3,728 → 4,021 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$65,577 → $65,833 (+0.4%)	$71,645 → $96,544 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $171,900 (+16.1%)	$168,300 → $231,300 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $644 (-13.0%)	$611 → $941 (+54.0%)

Altura

Population

474413

Median household income

$65,577$65,833

Median home value

$148,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$740$644

St. Charles

Population

3,7284,021

Median household income

$71,645$96,544

Median home value

$168,300$231,300

Median gross rent

$611$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altura	St. Charles
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	20.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.8%
75 and over	10.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altura	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altura	St. Charles
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altura	St. Charles
Drove alone	79.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altura	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	92.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Altura	St. Charles
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1973	1977