Alamo Lake vs Poston

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo Lake and Poston: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamo Lake and Poston are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Poston has the higher population (168 vs 3 in Alamo Lake). Since 2019, Poston's population has grown faster (-30.6% vs -87.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo Lake	Poston
Population	3	168
Median age	—	27.1 yrs
Median gross rent	—	$375
Housing units	7	79
Homeownership rate	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo Lake	Poston
Population	24 → 3 (-87.5%)	242 → 168 (-30.6%)
Median household income	—	$14,609 → $15,625 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$373 → $375 (+0.5%)

Alamo Lake

Population

243

Poston

Population

242168

Median household income

$14,609$15,625

Median gross rent

$373$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo Lake	Poston
Under 5	0.0%	20.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	48.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	100.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	3.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo Lake	Poston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	20.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	31.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	48.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo Lake	Poston
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	93.2%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo Lake	Poston
Drove alone	0.0%	52.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	47.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo Lake	Poston
1-unit, detached	0.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamo Lake	Poston
Poverty rate	0.0%	71.4%
Average household size	—	2.27
Median year structure built	—	1979