Alamo Heights vs Windcrest

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

Alamo Heights and Windcrest 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 5,815 in Windcrest). Alamo Heights has the higher median household income ($182,819 vs $95,329 in Windcrest). Alamo Heights has the higher median home value ($766,000 vs $276,900 in Windcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
Population	7,443	5,815
Median age	40.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$182,819	$95,329
Median home value	$766,000	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,411
Housing units	3,581	2,551
Homeownership rate	72.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.4%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
Population	8,374 → 7,443 (-11.1%)	5,851 → 5,815 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$141,048 → $182,819 (+29.6%)	$80,750 → $95,329 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$627,500 → $766,000 (+22.1%)	$207,900 → $276,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,426 (-7.0%)	$1,077 → $1,411 (+31.0%)

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

Windcrest

Population

5,8515,815

Median household income

$80,750$95,329

Median home value

$207,900$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
Under 5	5.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.0%
75 and over	7.3%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	46.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
No high school diploma	0.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	9.2%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.4%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
Drove alone	79.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	20.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	9.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
1-unit, detached	64.5%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamo Heights	Windcrest
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1954	1973