Alba vs Ellsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Alba and Ellsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Alba and Ellsworth are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alba has the higher population (304 vs 284 in Ellsworth). Alba has the higher median household income ($91,458 vs $70,000 in Ellsworth). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $48,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Ellsworth
Population	304	284
Median age	35.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,458	$70,000
Median home value	$48,600	$153,100
Median gross rent	—	$386
Housing units	153	149
Homeownership rate	88.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Ellsworth
Population	342 → 304 (-11.1%)	339 → 284 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $91,458 (+97.2%)	$60,938 → $70,000 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$52,700 → $48,600 (-7.8%)	$107,900 → $153,100 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $386 (-32.3%)

Alba

Population

342304

Median household income

$46,375$91,458

Median home value

$52,700$48,600

Ellsworth

Population

339284

Median household income

$60,938$70,000

Median home value

$107,900$153,100

Median gross rent

$570$386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Ellsworth
Under 5	13.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	12.7%
25 to 34	25.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	19.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.0%
75 and over	2.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Ellsworth
Drove alone	81.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	83.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1958	1971