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Alvin, TX

27,700 Population
24.2 square miles 1,142.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,214 ±$1,795 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $41,559 ±$296
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$68,769 ±$7,396 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $80,458 ±$526
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

10.3% ±2.2% (2,847  ±596) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.6% 976,498 (±0.3% / ±21,223)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

29.7 minutes ±2 (364,200  ±34,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,172,520 (±0.2 / ±645,897)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

10,544 ±635 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,601,888 ±5,356
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.2 (27,551  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,190,964 (±0 / ±861)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.2% ±1.9% (229  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 104,422 (±0.2% / ±3,508)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

12,073 ±658 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,839,496 ±419
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$212,500 ±$10,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $275,200 ±$1,283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.2% ±4.5% (3,867  ±1,217.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 993,533 (±0.2% / ±16,228.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

85.6% ±5.3% (14,955  ±1,118) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,013,863 (±0.4% / ±19,522.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
18.8% ±3.1% (3,289  ±,555.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4% 1,668,638 (±0.3% / ±12,687.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.2% ±3.1% (3,096  ±857) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.8% 1,731,737
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.1% ±1.7% (1,432  ±354) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 263,986 (±0.1% / ±5,050)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,432 Total veterans ±354 1,296 Male ±326 136 Female ±90

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