Altenburg vs Lithium

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

Altenburg and Lithium 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 43 in Lithium). Since 2019, Altenburg's population has grown faster (+7.6% vs -57.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Altenburg	Lithium
Population	410	43
Median age	38.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	—
Median home value	$124,600	—
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	165	23
Homeownership rate	87.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altenburg	Lithium
Population	381 → 410 (+7.6%)	102 → 43 (-57.8%)
Median household income	$57,321 → $65,893 (+15.0%)	—
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

Lithium

Population

10243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altenburg	Lithium
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	30.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	48.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	0.0%
75 and over	6.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altenburg	Lithium
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altenburg	Lithium
No high school diploma	10.5%	30.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altenburg	Lithium
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	Lithium
1-unit, detached	87.9%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	39.1%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Altenburg	Lithium
Poverty rate	5.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.65	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1959	—