Albertville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 8,058 people and just one neighborhood, Albertville is the 119th largest community in Minnesota.
Albertville real estate is some of the most expensive in Minnesota, although Albertville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Albertville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Albertville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Albertville is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Albertville who work in business and financial occupations (14.10%), sales jobs (12.93%), and office and administrative support (11.69%).
Also of interest is that Albertville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Albertville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.49% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Albertville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Albertville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Albertville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Albertville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
The education level of Albertville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.49% of adults in Albertville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Albertville in 2022 was $45,019, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $180,076 for a family of four.
Albertville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albertville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albertville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albertville include German, Irish, Norwegian, Finnish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Albertville is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 10.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Minnesota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 12.3% have Norwegian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Albertville are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 87.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.3% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 43.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.4%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Albertville, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (36.0%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.