Alamo Heights vs Lackland AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo Heights and Lackland AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamo Heights and Lackland AFB are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alamo Heights has the higher population (7,443 vs 6,650 in Lackland AFB). Alamo Heights has the higher median household income ($182,819 vs $110,833 in Lackland AFB). Since 2019, Lackland AFB's population has grown faster (+18.6% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
Population	7,443	6,650
Median age	40.6 yrs	21.1 yrs
Median household income	$182,819	$110,833
Median home value	$766,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,426	$2,109
Housing units	3,581	359
Homeownership rate	72.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.4%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
Population	8,374 → 7,443 (-11.1%)	5,606 → 6,650 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$141,048 → $182,819 (+29.6%)	$81,163 → $110,833 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$627,500 → $766,000 (+22.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,426 (-7.0%)	$1,836 → $2,109 (+14.9%)

Alamo Heights

Population

8,3747,443

Median household income

$141,048$182,819

Median home value

$627,500$766,000

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,426

Lackland AFB

Population

5,6066,650

Median household income

$81,163$110,833

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
Under 5	5.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	70.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	1.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	0.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	0.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	60.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	9.2%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
Drove alone	79.4%	15.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.3%	3.0%
Walked	0.2%	36.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	41.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
1-unit, detached	64.5%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	47.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamo Heights	Lackland AFB
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.40	3.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1954	2000