Alpha vs Fish Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Fish Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpha has the higher population (109 vs 57 in Fish Lake). Alpha has the higher median household income ($140,273 vs $94,375 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $56,900 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Fish Lake
Population	109	57
Median age	57.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,273	$94,375
Median home value	$56,900	$383,300
Housing units	82	75
Homeownership rate	92.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Fish Lake
Population	118 → 109 (-7.6%)	55 → 57 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $140,273 (+228.4%)	$76,875 → $94,375 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $56,900 (-9.0%)	$315,000 → $383,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $870 (+78.3%)	—

Alpha

Population

118109

Median household income

$42,708$140,273

Median home value

$62,500$56,900

Median gross rent

$488$870

Fish Lake

Population

5557

Median household income

$76,875$94,375

Median home value

$315,000$383,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Fish Lake
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	22.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	35.8%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	19.3%
75 and over	8.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Fish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Fish Lake
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Fish Lake
Drove alone	89.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Fish Lake
1-unit, detached	93.9%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Fish Lake
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.73	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1949	1967