Alto vs St. Cloud

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and St. Cloud: population, income, housing, and more.

Alto and St. Cloud are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Cloud has the higher population (467 vs 119 in Alto). St. Cloud has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $83,125 in Alto). St. Cloud has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $158,300 in Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	St. Cloud
Population	119	467
Median age	55.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$96,250
Median home value	$158,300	$189,100
Median gross rent	—	$797
Housing units	52	190
Homeownership rate	98.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	St. Cloud
Population	171 → 119 (-30.4%)	510 → 467 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $83,125 (+29.1%)	$66,875 → $96,250 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $158,300 (+28.9%)	$143,200 → $189,100 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $797 (+30.0%)

Alto

Population

171119

Median household income

$64,375$83,125

Median home value

$122,800$158,300

St. Cloud

Population

510467

Median household income

$66,875$96,250

Median home value

$143,200$189,100

Median gross rent

$613$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	St. Cloud
Under 5	11.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	2.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	34.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.9%
75 and over	5.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	16.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	St. Cloud
Drove alone	87.7%	88.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alto	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951