Alexandria vs Evansville

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

Alexandria and Evansville 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 631 in Evansville). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($61,558 vs $39,063 in Evansville). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($247,200 vs $145,000 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Evansville
Population	14,579	631
Median age	39.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,558	$39,063
Median home value	$247,200	$145,000
Median gross rent	$907	$632
Housing units	7,644	321
Homeownership rate	57.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Evansville
Population	13,554 → 14,579 (+7.6%)	608 → 631 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,984 → $61,558 (+16.2%)	$50,903 → $39,063 (-23.3%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $247,200 (+39.6%)	$118,500 → $145,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $907 (+27.4%)	$642 → $632 (-1.6%)

Alexandria

Population

13,55414,579

Median household income

$52,984$61,558

Median home value

$177,100$247,200

Median gross rent

$712$907

Evansville

Population

608631

Median household income

$50,903$39,063

Median home value

$118,500$145,000

Median gross rent

$642$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Evansville
Under 5	5.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.6%
75 and over	13.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Evansville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Evansville
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Evansville
Drove alone	79.6%	90.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Evansville
1-unit, detached	53.2%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	27.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Evansville
Poverty rate	11.2%	27.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1984	1976