Alexandria vs Carleton

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Carleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Carleton are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carleton has the higher population (180 vs 77 in Alexandria). Carleton has the higher median household income ($79,118 vs $51,771 in Alexandria). Carleton has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $50,700 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Carleton
Population	77	180
Median age	58.3 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,771	$79,118
Median home value	$50,700	$87,300
Housing units	86	64
Homeownership rate	95.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Carleton
Population	144 → 77 (-46.5%)	54 → 180 (+233.3%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $51,771 (+16.7%)	$86,875 → $79,118 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$21,400 → $50,700 (+136.9%)	$63,800 → $87,300 (+36.8%)

Alexandria

Population

14477

Median household income

$44,375$51,771

Median home value

$21,400$50,700

Carleton

Population

54180

Median household income

$86,875$79,118

Median home value

$63,800$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Carleton
Under 5	1.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	2.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	18.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	1.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	26.0%	21.7%
55 to 64	26.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	26.0%	3.3%
75 and over	3.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Carleton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Carleton
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.2%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Carleton
Drove alone	82.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.8%
Other means	5.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Carleton
1-unit, detached	97.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Carleton
Poverty rate	26.0%	1.1%
Average household size	1.88	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1938	1940