Altenburg vs Perryville

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (8,530 vs 410 in Altenburg). Altenburg has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $53,958 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $124,600 in Altenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Altenburg	Perryville
Population	410	8,530
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$53,958
Median home value	$124,600	$184,700
Median gross rent	$767	$929
Housing units	165	3,517
Homeownership rate	87.1%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altenburg	Perryville
Population	381 → 410 (+7.6%)	8,451 → 8,530 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,321 → $65,893 (+15.0%)	$49,023 → $53,958 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $124,600 (+24.6%)	$129,300 → $184,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $767 (+20.2%)	$714 → $929 (+30.1%)

Altenburg

Population

381410

Median household income

$57,321$65,893

Median home value

$100,000$124,600

Median gross rent

$638$767

Perryville

Population

8,4518,530

Median household income

$49,023$53,958

Median home value

$129,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$714$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altenburg	Perryville
Under 5	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.3%
75 and over	6.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altenburg	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altenburg	Perryville
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altenburg	Perryville
Drove alone	87.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altenburg	Perryville
1-unit, detached	87.9%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Altenburg	Perryville
Poverty rate	5.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1959	1976