City safety & data profile

AlexandriaMN

Alexandria, MN is a 12K-resident city in Douglas County with a median household income of $61,374.

Douglas County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Alexandria, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Alexandria has a population larger than 12% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $275,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 13%
By size
$61,374
Median income (place)
$275,300
Median home (place)
12%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Alexandria

Alexandria posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Alexandria area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Alexandria

Where Alexandria income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,374 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Alexandria $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Alexandria, MN beyond the headline numbers

Alexandria sits inside Douglas County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.89°N, -95.38°W. Population 11,843, $61,374 median household income. Median home value $275,300, median rent $934. Poverty rate 12%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Alexandria, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Alexandria, MN stands at 12%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Alexandria runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 9.1% of Alexandria workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 29.5% in Alexandria, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Alexandria from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,843
Alexandria · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,374
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$275,300
-33% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Douglas County): Alexandria's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
40K+9%
Median Income
$79,043+55%
Median Home Value
$321,400+72%
Poverty Rate
9%-17%
Unemployment
2.9%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Alexandria, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$934/mo
Poverty Rate
12% -3% vs avg
Unemployment 3.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.2%
Work From Home 9.1%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 91.3%
African American 0.9%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
34.9%
High Blood Pressure
32%
Short Sleep Duration
29.5%
Physical Inactivity
24.6%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.5%
Current Smoking
13.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.1%
Diabetes
10.8%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.6%
Annual Checkup 75.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.7%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
ALOMERE HEALTH
ALEXANDRIA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Alexandria?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Alexandria right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-ALEXANDRIA-MN · Alexandria

Alexandria: 2 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Alexandria

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Alexandria.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Alexandria; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Alexandria, MN? ▼
Alexandria, MN has a population of 11,843 people, located in Douglas County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Alexandria? ▼
The median household income in Alexandria, MN is $61,374 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12%.
What is the median home value in Alexandria? ▼
The median home value in Alexandria, MN is $275,300. Median rent is $934/month.
What are the top health concerns in Alexandria? ▼
The top health indicators in Alexandria include Obesity (34.9%), High Blood Pressure (32%), Short Sleep Duration (29.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Alexandria? ▼
Alexandria has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Alexandria? ▼
The median age in Alexandria, MN is 40.8 years. 33.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Alexandria, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (12% here).

Austin, TX 12% Middletown, CT 12% Sierra Vista, AZ 12% Jefferson City, MO 12%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($61,374 here).

Riverside, OH $61,352 Rio Rico, AZ $61,348 Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 Findlay, OH $61,423

Compare Alexandria with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Fergus Falls, MN 13K Willmar, MN 20K Sartell, MN 17K Sauk Rapids, MN 13K Saint Cloud, MN 66K Brainerd, MN 13K Hutchinson, MN 14K Marshall, MN 14K
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Using Alexandria's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Alexandria area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Alexandria against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Douglas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.