Altenburg vs Shakertowne

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

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

Shakertowne has the higher population (416 vs 410 in Altenburg). Altenburg has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $51,756 in Shakertowne). Shakertowne has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $124,600 in Altenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
Population	410	416
Median age	38.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$51,756
Median home value	$124,600	$171,000
Median gross rent	$767	$677
Housing units	165	228
Homeownership rate	87.1%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
Population	381 → 410 (+7.6%)	545 → 416 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$57,321 → $65,893 (+15.0%)	$55,438 → $51,756 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $124,600 (+24.6%)	$140,800 → $171,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $767 (+20.2%)	$595 → $677 (+13.8%)

Altenburg

Population

381410

Median household income

$57,321$65,893

Median home value

$100,000$124,600

Median gross rent

$638$767

Shakertowne

Population

545416

Median household income

$55,438$51,756

Median home value

$140,800$171,000

Median gross rent

$595$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	28.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.4%
75 and over	6.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
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	Shakertowne
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
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	Shakertowne
1-unit, detached	87.9%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Altenburg	Shakertowne
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1959	1981