Alpha vs Lakefield

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

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

Lakefield has the higher population (1,652 vs 109 in Alpha). Alpha has the higher median household income ($140,273 vs $62,656 in Lakefield). Lakefield has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $56,900 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Lakefield
Population	109	1,652
Median age	57.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$140,273	$62,656
Median home value	$56,900	$115,900
Median gross rent	—	$867
Housing units	82	822
Homeownership rate	92.1%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Lakefield
Population	118 → 109 (-7.6%)	1,763 → 1,652 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $140,273 (+228.4%)	$51,944 → $62,656 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $56,900 (-9.0%)	$93,000 → $115,900 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $870 (+78.3%)	$774 → $867 (+12.0%)

Alpha

Population

118109

Median household income

$42,708$140,273

Median home value

$62,500$56,900

Median gross rent

$488$870

Lakefield

Population

1,7631,652

Median household income

$51,944$62,656

Median home value

$93,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$774$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Lakefield
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	35.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.5%
75 and over	8.3%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Lakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Lakefield
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Lakefield
Drove alone	89.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	3.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Lakefield
1-unit, detached	93.9%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Lakefield
Poverty rate	3.7%	9.8%
Average household size	1.73	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1949	1956