Alexandria vs Osakis

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

Alexandria and Osakis 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 1,667 in Osakis). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($61,558 vs $53,684 in Osakis). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($247,200 vs $169,200 in Osakis).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Osakis
Population	14,579	1,667
Median age	39.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,558	$53,684
Median home value	$247,200	$169,200
Median gross rent	$907	—
Housing units	7,644	1,058
Homeownership rate	57.2%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Osakis
Population	13,554 → 14,579 (+7.6%)	1,745 → 1,667 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$52,984 → $61,558 (+16.2%)	$45,250 → $53,684 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $247,200 (+39.6%)	$121,100 → $169,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $907 (+27.4%)	$678 → $709 (+4.6%)

Alexandria

Population

13,55414,579

Median household income

$52,984$61,558

Median home value

$177,100$247,200

Median gross rent

$712$907

Osakis

Population

1,7451,667

Median household income

$45,250$53,684

Median home value

$121,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$678$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Osakis
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.8%
75 and over	13.7%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Osakis
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Osakis
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Osakis
Drove alone	79.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Osakis
1-unit, detached	53.2%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	16.5%
20 or more units	27.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Osakis
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1984	1971