Alden vs Glenville

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

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

Alden has the higher population (658 vs 596 in Glenville). Alden has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $53,750 in Glenville). Alden has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $119,400 in Glenville).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Glenville
Population	658	596
Median age	48.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$53,750
Median home value	$122,700	$119,400
Median gross rent	$1,038	$817
Housing units	287	284
Homeownership rate	87.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Glenville
Population	658 → 658 (+0.0%)	625 → 596 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $75,833 (+29.1%)	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $122,700 (+33.4%)	$94,200 → $119,400 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $1,038 (+61.7%)	$530 → $817 (+54.2%)

Alden

Population

658658

Median household income

$58,750$75,833

Median home value

$92,000$122,700

Median gross rent

$642$1,038

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)

	Alden	Glenville
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Glenville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	4.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Glenville
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Glenville
Drove alone	89.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Glenville
1-unit, detached	98.3%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Glenville
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1957	1970