Altura vs Utica

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

Altura and Utica 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 218 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $65,833 in Altura). Utica has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $171,900 in Altura).

Population, income & housing

	Altura	Utica
Population	413	218
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$86,250
Median home value	$171,900	$184,200
Median gross rent	$644	$1,075
Housing units	184	101
Homeownership rate	89.7%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altura	Utica
Population	474 → 413 (-12.9%)	276 → 218 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$65,577 → $65,833 (+0.4%)	$71,250 → $86,250 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $171,900 (+16.1%)	$136,600 → $184,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $644 (-13.0%)	$632 → $1,075 (+70.1%)

Altura

Population

474413

Median household income

$65,577$65,833

Median home value

$148,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$740$644

Utica

Population

276218

Median household income

$71,250$86,250

Median home value

$136,600$184,200

Median gross rent

$632$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altura	Utica
Under 5	3.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	18.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	20.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altura	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	96.3%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altura	Utica
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altura	Utica
Drove alone	79.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.5%
Public transit	1.3%	2.4%
Walked	2.2%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.5%
Other means	3.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altura	Utica
1-unit, detached	92.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.0%
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%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Altura	Utica
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1973	1968