Alvin vs Pearland

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

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

Pearland has the higher population (125,983 vs 27,700 in Alvin). Pearland has the higher median household income ($112,470 vs $68,769 in Alvin). Pearland has the higher median home value ($330,900 vs $212,500 in Alvin).

Population, income & housing

	Alvin	Pearland
Population	27,700	125,983
Median age	33.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,769	$112,470
Median home value	$212,500	$330,900
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,759
Housing units	12,073	46,105
Homeownership rate	57.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvin	Pearland
Population	26,299 → 27,700 (+5.3%)	122,078 → 125,983 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$56,504 → $68,769 (+21.7%)	$104,504 → $112,470 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $212,500 (+40.6%)	$244,800 → $330,900 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,164 (+16.1%)	$1,413 → $1,759 (+24.5%)

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

Pearland

Population

122,078125,983

Median household income

$104,504$112,470

Median home value

$244,800$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvin	Pearland
Under 5	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvin	Pearland
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	36.8%
Black or African American	7.3%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	16.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	25.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvin	Pearland
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvin	Pearland
Drove alone	86.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	11.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvin	Pearland
1-unit, detached	55.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Alvin	Pearland
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1984	2003