Albert Lea is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 18,159 people and six associated neighborhoods, Albert Lea is the 64th largest community in Minnesota.

Also of interest is that Albert Lea has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.89 minutes getting to work every day.

The education level of Albert Lea citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.39% of adults 25 and older in Albert Lea have a college degree.

The per capita income in Albert Lea in 2022 was $39,282, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,128 for a family of four. However, Albert Lea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Albert Lea is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albert Lea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albert Lea residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Albert Lea also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Albert Lea include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Danish.

The most common language spoken in Albert Lea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.