Albert Lea vs Hartland

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

Albert Lea and Hartland 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 400 in Hartland). Hartland has the higher median household income ($64,833 vs $62,522 in Albert Lea). Albert Lea has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $135,600 in Hartland).

Population, income & housing

	Albert Lea	Hartland
Population	18,379	400
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,522	$64,833
Median home value	$150,400	$135,600
Median gross rent	$845	$506
Housing units	8,669	190
Homeownership rate	73.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert Lea	Hartland
Population	17,773 → 18,379 (+3.4%)	331 → 400 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$47,508 → $62,522 (+31.6%)	$51,683 → $64,833 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $150,400 (+54.9%)	$80,000 → $135,600 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $845 (+23.0%)	$447 → $506 (+13.2%)

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

Hartland

Population

331400

Median household income

$51,683$64,833

Median home value

$80,000$135,600

Median gross rent

$447$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert Lea	Hartland
Under 5	4.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	24.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.0%
75 and over	12.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert Lea	Hartland
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert Lea	Hartland
No high school diploma	12.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert Lea	Hartland
Drove alone	79.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert Lea	Hartland
1-unit, detached	70.6%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albert Lea	Hartland
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1959	1961