Alexandria vs Carlos

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

Alexandria and Carlos 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 465 in Carlos). Carlos has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $61,558 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($247,200 vs $174,600 in Carlos).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Carlos
Population	14,579	465
Median age	39.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,558	$65,625
Median home value	$247,200	$174,600
Median gross rent	$907	$888
Housing units	7,644	213
Homeownership rate	57.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Carlos
Population	13,554 → 14,579 (+7.6%)	458 → 465 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$52,984 → $61,558 (+16.2%)	$62,045 → $65,625 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $247,200 (+39.6%)	$130,900 → $174,600 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $907 (+27.4%)	$735 → $888 (+20.8%)

Alexandria

Population

13,55414,579

Median household income

$52,984$61,558

Median home value

$177,100$247,200

Median gross rent

$712$907

Carlos

Population

458465

Median household income

$62,045$65,625

Median home value

$130,900$174,600

Median gross rent

$735$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Carlos
Under 5	5.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	19.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	3.7%
75 and over	13.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Carlos
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Carlos
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Carlos
Drove alone	79.6%	90.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Carlos
1-unit, detached	53.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	27.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Carlos
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1984	1974