Alvin vs Manvel

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

Alvin and Manvel 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 12,873 in Manvel). Manvel has the higher median household income ($113,938 vs $68,769 in Alvin). Manvel has the higher median home value ($321,600 vs $212,500 in Alvin).

Population, income & housing

	Alvin	Manvel
Population	27,700	12,873
Median age	33.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,769	$113,938
Median home value	$212,500	$321,600
Median gross rent	$1,164	$2,270
Housing units	12,073	4,829
Homeownership rate	57.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvin	Manvel
Population	26,299 → 27,700 (+5.3%)	10,179 → 12,873 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$56,504 → $68,769 (+21.7%)	$86,585 → $113,938 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $212,500 (+40.6%)	$252,800 → $321,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,164 (+16.1%)	$1,128 → $2,270 (+101.2%)

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

Manvel

Population

10,17912,873

Median household income

$86,585$113,938

Median home value

$252,800$321,600

Median gross rent

$1,128$2,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvin	Manvel
Under 5	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	21.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.4%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvin	Manvel
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	38.6%
Black or African American	7.3%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvin	Manvel
No high school diploma	14.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvin	Manvel
Drove alone	86.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvin	Manvel
1-unit, detached	55.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
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%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Alvin	Manvel
Poverty rate	10.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1984	2010