Altenburg vs Brewer

A side-by-side comparison of Altenburg and Brewer: population, income, housing, and more.

Altenburg and Brewer are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altenburg has the higher population (410 vs 399 in Brewer). Altenburg has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $28,682 in Brewer). Since 2019, Altenburg's population has grown faster (+7.6% vs -2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Altenburg	Brewer
Population	410	399
Median age	38.7 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$28,682
Median home value	$124,600	—
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	165	153
Homeownership rate	87.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altenburg	Brewer
Population	381 → 410 (+7.6%)	409 → 399 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$57,321 → $65,893 (+15.0%)	$96,012 → $28,682 (-70.1%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $124,600 (+24.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$638 → $767 (+20.2%)	—

Altenburg

Population

381410

Median household income

$57,321$65,893

Median home value

$100,000$124,600

Median gross rent

$638$767

Brewer

Population

409399

Median household income

$96,012$28,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altenburg	Brewer
Under 5	9.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	21.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	26.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.8%
75 and over	6.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altenburg	Brewer
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altenburg	Brewer
No high school diploma	10.5%	32.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altenburg	Brewer
Drove alone	87.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altenburg	Brewer
1-unit, detached	87.9%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Altenburg	Brewer
Poverty rate	5.4%	45.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1959	1985