Altenburg vs Longtown

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

Altenburg and Longtown 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 99 in Longtown). Longtown has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $65,893 in Altenburg). Longtown has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $124,600 in Altenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Altenburg	Longtown
Population	410	99
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$78,125
Median home value	$124,600	$125,000
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	165	43
Homeownership rate	87.1%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altenburg	Longtown
Population	381 → 410 (+7.6%)	129 → 99 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$57,321 → $65,893 (+15.0%)	$53,750 → $78,125 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $124,600 (+24.6%)	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)
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

Longtown

Population

12999

Median household income

$53,750$78,125

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altenburg	Longtown
Under 5	9.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	23.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.2%
75 and over	6.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altenburg	Longtown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	99.0%
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%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altenburg	Longtown
No high school diploma	10.5%	14.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altenburg	Longtown
Drove alone	87.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altenburg	Longtown
1-unit, detached	87.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	Longtown
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1959	1938