Alvarado vs Middle River

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

Alvarado and Middle River 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 281 in Middle River). Alvarado has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $57,188 in Middle River). Alvarado has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $103,500 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Middle River
Population	338	281
Median age	31.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$57,188
Median home value	$132,700	$103,500
Median gross rent	$1,208	$313
Housing units	143	152
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Middle River
Population	386 → 338 (-12.4%)	268 → 281 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$54,688 → $70,000 (+28.0%)	$35,952 → $57,188 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $132,700 (+37.8%)	$80,000 → $103,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $1,208 (+123.3%)	$427 → $313 (-26.7%)

Alvarado

Population

386338

Median household income

$54,688$70,000

Median home value

$96,300$132,700

Median gross rent

$541$1,208

Middle River

Population

268281

Median household income

$35,952$57,188

Median home value

$80,000$103,500

Median gross rent

$427$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Middle River
Under 5	5.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	28.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	21.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	3.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Middle River
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Middle River
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Middle River
Drove alone	91.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Middle River
1-unit, detached	63.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Middle River
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1973	1961