Alexandria vs Brandon

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Brandon: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Brandon are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alexandria has the higher population (14,579 vs 462 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($64,625 vs $61,558 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($247,200 vs $174,000 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Brandon
Population	14,579	462
Median age	39.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,558	$64,625
Median home value	$247,200	$174,000
Median gross rent	$907	$685
Housing units	7,644	204
Homeownership rate	57.2%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Brandon
Population	13,554 → 14,579 (+7.6%)	610 → 462 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$52,984 → $61,558 (+16.2%)	$53,500 → $64,625 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $247,200 (+39.6%)	$134,500 → $174,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $907 (+27.4%)	$558 → $685 (+22.8%)

Alexandria

Population

13,55414,579

Median household income

$52,984$61,558

Median home value

$177,100$247,200

Median gross rent

$712$907

Brandon

Population

610462

Median household income

$53,500$64,625

Median home value

$134,500$174,000

Median gross rent

$558$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Brandon
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	18.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.1%
75 and over	13.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Brandon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Brandon
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Brandon
Drove alone	79.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Brandon
1-unit, detached	53.2%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	27.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Brandon
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1984	1976