Alpha vs Okabena

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

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

Okabena has the higher population (200 vs 109 in Alpha). Alpha has the higher median household income ($140,273 vs $98,750 in Okabena). Okabena has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $56,900 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Okabena
Population	109	200
Median age	57.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$140,273	$98,750
Median home value	$56,900	$99,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	82	89
Homeownership rate	92.1%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Okabena
Population	118 → 109 (-7.6%)	240 → 200 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $140,273 (+228.4%)	$48,750 → $98,750 (+102.6%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $56,900 (-9.0%)	$73,300 → $99,300 (+35.5%)
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

Okabena

Population

240200

Median household income

$48,750$98,750

Median home value

$73,300$99,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Okabena
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	21.5%
55 to 64	35.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Okabena
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Okabena
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Okabena
Drove alone	89.6%	54.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Okabena
1-unit, detached	93.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Okabena
Poverty rate	3.7%	9.0%
Average household size	1.73	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1949	1954