Alden vs Hartland

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

Alden and Hartland 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 400 in Hartland). Alden has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $64,833 in Hartland). Hartland has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $122,700 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Hartland
Population	658	400
Median age	48.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$64,833
Median home value	$122,700	$135,600
Median gross rent	$1,038	$506
Housing units	287	190
Homeownership rate	87.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Hartland
Population	658 → 658 (+0.0%)	331 → 400 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $75,833 (+29.1%)	$51,683 → $64,833 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $122,700 (+33.4%)	$80,000 → $135,600 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $1,038 (+61.7%)	$447 → $506 (+13.2%)

Alden

Population

658658

Median household income

$58,750$75,833

Median home value

$92,000$122,700

Median gross rent

$642$1,038

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)

	Alden	Hartland
Under 5	3.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	24.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Hartland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Hartland
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Hartland
Drove alone	89.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Hartland
1-unit, detached	98.3%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Hartland
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1957	1961