Alvarado vs Grygla

A side-by-side comparison of Alvarado and Grygla: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alvarado has the higher population (338 vs 271 in Grygla). Alvarado has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $64,583 in Grygla). Alvarado has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $68,600 in Grygla).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Grygla
Population	338	271
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$64,583
Median home value	$132,700	$68,600
Median gross rent	$1,208	$713
Housing units	143	118
Homeownership rate	75.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Grygla
Population	386 → 338 (-12.4%)	185 → 271 (+46.5%)
Median household income	$54,688 → $70,000 (+28.0%)	$40,000 → $64,583 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $132,700 (+37.8%)	$58,500 → $68,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $1,208 (+123.3%)	$581 → $713 (+22.7%)

Alvarado

Population

386338

Median household income

$54,688$70,000

Median home value

$96,300$132,700

Median gross rent

$541$1,208

Grygla

Population

185271

Median household income

$40,000$64,583

Median home value

$58,500$68,600

Median gross rent

$581$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Grygla
Under 5	5.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	28.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	3.8%	10.0%
75 and over	9.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Grygla
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Grygla
No high school diploma	16.7%	24.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Grygla
Drove alone	91.6%	45.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Grygla
1-unit, detached	63.6%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Grygla
Poverty rate	14.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.91	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1973	1973