Albert Lea vs Glenville

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

Albert Lea and Glenville 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 596 in Glenville). Albert Lea has the higher median household income ($62,522 vs $53,750 in Glenville). Albert Lea has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $119,400 in Glenville).

Population, income & housing

	Albert Lea	Glenville
Population	18,379	596
Median age	44.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,522	$53,750
Median home value	$150,400	$119,400
Median gross rent	$845	$817
Housing units	8,669	284
Homeownership rate	73.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert Lea	Glenville
Population	17,773 → 18,379 (+3.4%)	625 → 596 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$47,508 → $62,522 (+31.6%)	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $150,400 (+54.9%)	$94,200 → $119,400 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $845 (+23.0%)	$530 → $817 (+54.2%)

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

Glenville

Population

625596

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$94,200$119,400

Median gross rent

$530$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert Lea	Glenville
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.6%
75 and over	12.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert Lea	Glenville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert Lea	Glenville
No high school diploma	12.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert Lea	Glenville
Drove alone	79.6%	88.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert Lea	Glenville
1-unit, detached	70.6%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Albert Lea	Glenville
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1959	1970