Alden vs Clarks Grove

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

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

Clarks Grove has the higher population (683 vs 658 in Alden). Alden has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $69,792 in Clarks Grove). Clarks Grove has the higher median home value ($132,800 vs $122,700 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Clarks Grove
Population	658	683
Median age	48.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$69,792
Median home value	$122,700	$132,800
Median gross rent	$1,038	$867
Housing units	287	270
Homeownership rate	87.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Clarks Grove
Population	658 → 658 (+0.0%)	693 → 683 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $75,833 (+29.1%)	$55,972 → $69,792 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $122,700 (+33.4%)	$94,300 → $132,800 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $1,038 (+61.7%)	$690 → $867 (+25.7%)

Alden

Population

658658

Median household income

$58,750$75,833

Median home value

$92,000$122,700

Median gross rent

$642$1,038

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)

	Alden	Clarks Grove
Under 5	3.3%	9.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	13.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.8%
75 and over	6.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Clarks Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	71.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Clarks Grove
No high school diploma	2.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Clarks Grove
Drove alone	89.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Clarks Grove
1-unit, detached	98.3%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Clarks Grove
Poverty rate	2.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1968