Albert Lea is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 18,269 people and six associated neighborhoods, Albert Lea is the 64th largest community in Minnesota.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Albert Lea spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.54 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Albert Lea does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Albert Lea who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.25% of the adults in Albert Lea have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Albert Lea in 2022 was $37,796, 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 $151,184 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 14.91% 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.