Alexandria

Population & Demographics

Alexandria, LA

Alexandria is home to 44,060 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 16,581 resident workers commute each day.

LouisianaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
44,060
people
Population

44,060 residents

Median age 37.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Alexandria population & demographics

Who lives in Alexandria — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
44,060
Median age
37.6yrs
Median household income
$47,113
Median home value
$183,700
Median gross rent
$931/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.3%
Poverty rate
27.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Alexandria

How Alexandria breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black55.2%
White35.6%
Hispanic or Latino3.4%
Two or more races3.0%
Asian2.2%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Alexandria

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Alexandria.

Alexandria at a glance
Employed Residents
16,581
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
4.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
51.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Pineville
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Alexandria proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Alexandria commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

82 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Alexandria

16,581 commutes, one dot at a time

Alexandria

Where 16,581 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Alexandria, by worker count.

1Alexandria0.0 mi8,522
2Pineville4.1 mi1,179
3Baton Rouge97.7 mi406
4Lafayette78.9 mi360
5Shreveport111.7 mi173
6Lake Charles86.6 mi164
7Natchitoches49.0 mi144
8New Orleans169.6 mi137

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Alexandria.

1Alexandria0.0 mi8,522
2Pineville4.1 mi2,198
3Ball8.5 mi503
4Shreveport111.7 mi446
5Woodworth9.1 mi340
6Lafayette78.9 mi290
7Baton Rouge97.7 mi263
8Deville19.0 mi249

Top industries

The sectors that employ Alexandria’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance29.4%
RTRetail Trade13.1%
EDEducational Services10.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.6%
PAPublic Administration6.0%
COConstruction4.7%
MFManufacturing3.5%
FIFinance and Insurance3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Alexandria

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps66%
5 Gbps66%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Alexandria

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).