Albert Lea vs Clarks Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Albert Lea and Clarks Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Albert Lea and Clarks Grove are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albert Lea has the higher population (18,379 vs 683 in Clarks Grove). Clarks Grove has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $62,522 in Albert Lea). Albert Lea has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $132,800 in Clarks Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
Population	18,379	683
Median age	44.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,522	$69,792
Median home value	$150,400	$132,800
Median gross rent	$845	$867
Housing units	8,669	270
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
Population	17,773 → 18,379 (+3.4%)	693 → 683 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$47,508 → $62,522 (+31.6%)	$55,972 → $69,792 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $150,400 (+54.9%)	$94,300 → $132,800 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $845 (+23.0%)	$690 → $867 (+25.7%)

Albert Lea

Population

17,77318,379

Median household income

$47,508$62,522

Median home value

$97,100$150,400

Median gross rent

$687$845

Clarks Grove

Population

693683

Median household income

$55,972$69,792

Median home value

$94,300$132,800

Median gross rent

$690$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
Under 5	4.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.8%
75 and over	12.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	71.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
No high school diploma	12.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
Drove alone	79.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
1-unit, detached	70.6%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Albert Lea	Clarks Grove
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1959	1968