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Albert Lea, MN Urban Area

17,897 Population
10.8 square miles 1,657.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,119 ±$4,970 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,033 ±$4,795 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±2% (2,260  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±1.4 (127,940  ±12,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,611 ±272 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (17,388  ±188) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±2.5% (268  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,383 ±189 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,600 ±$8,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±2.4% (2,179  ±421.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±4.5% (11,373  ±619.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±2% (2,195  ±259.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

5.6% ±1.3% (1,007  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.4% (1,078  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,078 Total veterans ±198 1,027 Male ±189 51 Female ±57

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