Alvin vs Iowa Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Alvin and Iowa Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Alvin and Iowa Colony are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alvin has the higher population (27,700 vs 11,028 in Iowa Colony). Iowa Colony has the higher median household income ($126,167 vs $68,769 in Alvin). Iowa Colony has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $212,500 in Alvin).

Population, income & housing

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
Population	27,700	11,028
Median age	33.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,769	$126,167
Median home value	$212,500	$356,300
Median gross rent	$1,164	$2,188
Housing units	12,073	4,144
Homeownership rate	57.8%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
Population	26,299 → 27,700 (+5.3%)	1,811 → 11,028 (+508.9%)
Median household income	$56,504 → $68,769 (+21.7%)	$105,688 → $126,167 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $212,500 (+40.6%)	$282,200 → $356,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,164 (+16.1%)	$867 → $2,188 (+152.4%)

Alvin

Population

26,29927,700

Median household income

$56,504$68,769

Median home value

$151,100$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,164

Iowa Colony

Population

1,81111,028

Median household income

$105,688$126,167

Median home value

$282,200$356,300

Median gross rent

$867$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	22.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	19.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.5%
75 and over	4.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	24.8%
Black or African American	7.3%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
Drove alone	86.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	20.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
1-unit, detached	55.5%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alvin	Iowa Colony
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.61	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1984	2014