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Albert Lea, MN

18,330 Population
13.3 square miles 1,379.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,282 ±$4,891 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: $39,886 ±$2,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,603 ±$5,663 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: $71,023 ±$1,725
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±2% (2,278  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 10.6% † 3,194 (±1.4% / ±414)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±1.3 (131,035  ±12,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 19.7 258,315 (±0.8 / ±13,050)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,788 ±258 Number of households
  • the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 12,846 ±259
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (17,801  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 2.3 30,079 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±2.5% (261  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 7.5% † 448 (±1.7% / ±101)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,552 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 14,116 ±53
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,500 ±$8,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: $171,100 ±$5,271
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.3% (2,240  ±423.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 10% † 3,037 (±1.4% / ±437.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±4.4% (11,671  ±620.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 91.4% 19,883 (±3.1% / ±666.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±2% (2,269  ±264.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 18.2% 3,959 (±1.3% / ±286)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% ±1.3% (1,007  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 4.2% 1,294
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±1.4% (1,076  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Albert Lea, MN Micro Area: 7.4% † 1,772 (±0.9% / ±203)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,076 Total veterans ±198 1,025 Male ±189 51 Female ±57

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