Albert Lea, MN (Minnesota) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 17,552 (Urban population: 17,239 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 313 (all nonfarm))

Albert Lea, Minnesota Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,142 (7,794 occupied: 5,679 owner occupied, 2,115 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	27%
State:	25%

Housing density: 755 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $229,353.

Median contract rent in 2007: $381 (lower quartile is $290, upper quartile is $501)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $407

Median gross rent in Albert Lea, MN in 2007: $459

Housing units in Albert Lea with a mortgage: 2,962 (207 second mortgage, 509 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,085

Albert Lea,MN index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $123,464 (it was $69,500 in 2000)

Albert Lea:	$123,464
Minnesota:	$213,600

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $83,278 - $179,479

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $146,303
Here: $146,303
State: $270,059

Townhouses or other attached units: $192,602
Here: $192,602
State: $220,268

In 2-unit structures: $186,036
Here: $186,036
State: $280,233

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $115,768
Here: $115,768
State: $204,358

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $142,721
Here: $142,721
State: $190,214

Mobile homes: $23,848
Here: $23,848
State: $34,666

Household type by relationship

Households: 17,795

In family households: 14,314 (3,835 male householders, 1,045 female householders)
3,887 spouses, 4,678 children (4,319 natural, 145 adopted, 214 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 101 parents, 145 other relatives, 413 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,481 (1,195 male householders (966 living alone)), 1,755 female householders (1,598 living alone)), 531 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 568 (404 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,508 2-persons, 942 3-persons, 876 4-persons, 362 5-persons, 152 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,564 1-person, 309 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

2,797 married couples with children.
1,110 single-parent households (254 men, 856 women).

90.6% of residents of Albert Lea speak English at home.
7.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 847 (4.6%)
(24.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.7

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Albert Lea, Minnesota:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 41 3 rooms: 112 4 rooms: 675 5 rooms: 1,397 6 rooms: 1,208 7 rooms: 929 8 rooms: 671 9 or more rooms: 639

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albert Lea, Minnesota:
	1 room: 125 2 rooms: 312 3 rooms: 560 4 rooms: 521 5 rooms: 344 6 rooms: 163 7 rooms: 67 8 rooms: 11 9 or more rooms: 12

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 31
1995 to 1998: 180
1990 to 1994: 215
1980 to 1989: 404
1970 to 1979: 1,553
1960 to 1969: 1,044
1950 to 1959: 1,492
1940 to 1949: 1,009
1939 or earlier: 2,214

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Albert Lea:
	no bedroom: 13 1 bedroom: 190 2 bedrooms: 1,562 3 bedrooms: 2,901 4 bedrooms: 895 5 or more bedrooms: 118

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albert Lea:
	no bedroom: 147 1 bedroom: 987 2 bedrooms: 673 3 bedrooms: 247 4 bedrooms: 57 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Albert Lea in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 221 1 vehicle: 1,857 2 vehicles: 2,641 3 vehicles: 749 4 vehicles: 169 5 or more vehicles: 42

Cars and other vehicles available in Albert Lea in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 596 1 vehicle: 1,100 2 vehicles: 361 3 vehicles: 46 4 vehicles: 12 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Albert Lea, MN:

Less than $10,000: 2
$10,000 to $14,999: 64
$15,000 to $19,999: 35
$20,000 to $24,999: 128
$25,000 to $29,999: 113
$30,000 to $34,999: 307
$35,000 to $39,999: 214
$40,000 to $49,999: 472
$50,000 to $59,999: 584
$60,000 to $69,999: 623
$70,000 to $79,999: 434
$80,000 to $89,999: 544
$90,000 to $99,999: 327
$100,000 to $124,999: 522
$125,000 to $149,999: 306
$150,000 to $174,999: 141
$175,000 to $199,999: 73
$200,000 to $249,999: 92
$250,000 to $299,999: 42
$300,000 to $399,999: 18
$400,000 to $499,999: 2
$500,000 to $749,999: 4
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Albert Lea rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Albert Lea:

Less than $100: 33 people
$100 to $149: 66
$150 to $199: 122
$200 to $249: 153
$250 to $299: 190
$300 to $349: 248
$350 to $399: 254
$400 to $449: 223
$450 to $499: 173
$500 to $549: 163
$550 to $599: 114
$600 to $649: 56
$650 to $699: 20
$700 to $749: 9
$750 to $799: 0
$800 to $899: 2
$900 to $999: 20
$1,000 to $1,249: 29
$1,250 to $1,499: 57
$1,500 to $1,999: 16
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 79

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 207 1990 to 1994: 215 1985 to 1989: 108 1980 to 1984: 95 1975 to 1979: 52 1970 to 1974: 47 1970 to 1974: 13 1965 to 1969: 110

Albert Lea, MN Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 83.3%
Number of people working at home: 219 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 591
5 to 9 minutes: 2748
10 to 14 minutes: 2176
15 to 19 minutes: 730
20 to 24 minutes: 360
25 to 29 minutes: 261
30 to 34 minutes: 546
35 to 39 minutes: 118
40 to 44 minutes: 74
45 to 59 minutes: 185
60 to 89 minutes: 156
90 or more minutes: 127

Albert Lea mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,703 (81%)
Carpooled: 989 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 28 (0%)
Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
Bicycle: 21 (0%)
Walked: 251 (3%)
Other means: 48 (1%)
Worked at home: 219 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 760
$10,000 to $14,999: 804
$15,000 to $19,999: 650
$20,000 to $24,999: 708
$25,000 to $29,999: 597
$30,000 to $34,999: 567
$35,000 to $39,999: 551
$40,000 to $44,999: 486
$45,000 to $49,999: 433
$50,000 to $59,999: 702
$60,000 to $74,999: 695
$75,000 to $99,999: 514
$100,000 to $124,999: 180
$125,000 to $149,999: 69
$150,000 to $199,999: 47
$200,000 or more: 67

First ancestries reported:

Norwegian: 5176

German: 4003

Other groups: 1999

Danish: 866

Irish: 796

English: 642

United States or American: 458

Swedish: 323

Dutch: 301

Polish: 256

Czech: 246

French (except Basque): 138

Scandinavian: 114

French Canadian: 83

Scotch-Irish: 74

Scottish: 63

Italian: 52

Czechoslovakian: 43

Finnish: 42

British: 27

European: 23

Ukrainian: 23

Greek: 17

Arab:: 17

Welsh: 15

Croatian: 12

Russian: 11

Lebanese: 11

Luxemburger: 7

Swiss: 7

Belgian: 6

Portuguese: 6

Israeli: 6

Egyptian: 6

Albanian: 5

Slovene: 5

Subsaharan African:: 5

African: 5

Hungarian: 4

Latvian: 4

Lithuanian: 1

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (62%)
Nicaragua (6%)
Cuba (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Philippines (3%)
Ukraine (3%)
Korea (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 13110
Northeast: 153
Midwest: 2904
South: 762
West: 489

58% of Albert Lea residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Minnesota.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 106
Nursery to 4th grade: 36
5th and 6th grade: 122
7th and 8th grade: 429
9th grade: 169
10th grade: 161
11th grade: 204
12th grade, no diploma: 188
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,052
Less than 1 year of college: 458
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 731
Associate degree: 342
Bachelor's degree: 592
Master's degree: 191
Professional school degree: 107
Doctorate degree: 5

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 47
Nursery to 4th grade: 38
5th and 6th grade: 85
7th and 8th grade: 481
9th grade: 118
10th grade: 251
11th grade: 150
12th grade, no diploma: 223
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,597
Less than 1 year of college: 601
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,069
Associate degree: 365
Bachelor's degree: 651
Master's degree: 169
Professional school degree: 44
Doctorate degree: 0

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 16.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $40,230
Black householders: $2,625
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $8,203
Asian householders: $88,097
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $9,532
Some other race householders: $40,344
Two or more races householders: $36,312
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $29,416

Albert Lea household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Albert Lea household income for Black householders

Albert Lea household income for Asian householders

Albert Lea household income for Some other race householders

Albert Lea household income for Two or more races householders

Albert Lea household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Albert Lea marital status for males

Albert Lea marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $127,328
Black or African American householders: $49,737
Asian householders: $203,471
Some other race householders: $93,868
Two or more races householders: $99,475
Hispanic or Latino householders: $94,772

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,652
One, attached: 327
Two: 482
3 or 4: 233
5 to 9: 206
10 to 19: 319
20 to 49: 260
50 or more: 458
Mobile homes: 205

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,780

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Albert Lea:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (93%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (69%) Electricity (24%) Other fuel (3%) No fuel used (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 137

Here:	6.8%
Minnesota:	11.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44

Here:	4.2%
Minnesota:	6.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18

Here:	5.8%
Minnesota:	24.6%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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