Albert Lea vs Hollandale

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

Albert Lea and Hollandale 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 380 in Hollandale). Hollandale has the higher median household income ($67,000 vs $62,522 in Albert Lea). Albert Lea has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $141,200 in Hollandale).

Population, income & housing

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
Population	18,379	380
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,522	$67,000
Median home value	$150,400	$141,200
Median gross rent	$845	$713
Housing units	8,669	153
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
Population	17,773 → 18,379 (+3.4%)	410 → 380 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$47,508 → $62,522 (+31.6%)	$54,000 → $67,000 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $150,400 (+54.9%)	$99,000 → $141,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $845 (+23.0%)	$572 → $713 (+24.7%)

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

Hollandale

Population

410380

Median household income

$54,000$67,000

Median home value

$99,000$141,200

Median gross rent

$572$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	27.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	12.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
No high school diploma	12.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
Drove alone	79.6%	87.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
1-unit, detached	70.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albert Lea	Hollandale
Poverty rate	11.5%	20.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1959	1962