Alvarado vs Oslo

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

Alvarado and Oslo 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 297 in Oslo). Oslo has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $70,000 in Alvarado). Alvarado has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $101,800 in Oslo).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Oslo
Population	338	297
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$76,250
Median home value	$132,700	$101,800
Median gross rent	$1,208	—
Housing units	143	127
Homeownership rate	75.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Oslo
Population	386 → 338 (-12.4%)	259 → 297 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$54,688 → $70,000 (+28.0%)	$56,667 → $76,250 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $132,700 (+37.8%)	$96,300 → $101,800 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $1,208 (+123.3%)	$491 → $538 (+9.6%)

Alvarado

Population

386338

Median household income

$54,688$70,000

Median home value

$96,300$132,700

Median gross rent

$541$1,208

Oslo

Population

259297

Median household income

$56,667$76,250

Median home value

$96,300$101,800

Median gross rent

$491$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Oslo
Under 5	5.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	28.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	3.8%	6.1%
75 and over	9.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Oslo
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Oslo
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Oslo
Drove alone	91.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Oslo
1-unit, detached	63.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Oslo
Poverty rate	14.5%	1.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1973	1972