Alpine vs Study Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Study Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpine has the higher population (6,003 vs 172 in Study Butte). Study Butte has the higher median household income ($82,885 vs $54,503 in Alpine). Since 2019, Alpine's population has grown faster (-0.0% vs -8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Study Butte
Population	6,003	172
Median age	44.0 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,503	$82,885
Median home value	$207,700	—
Median gross rent	$901	$1,332
Housing units	3,775	112
Homeownership rate	61.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Study Butte
Population	6,006 → 6,003 (-0.0%)	188 → 172 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$46,488 → $54,503 (+17.2%)	$35,893 → $82,885 (+130.9%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $207,700 (+38.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$693 → $901 (+30.0%)	$525 → $1,332 (+153.7%)

Alpine

Population

6,0066,003

Median household income

$46,488$54,503

Median home value

$149,600$207,700

Median gross rent

$693$901

Study Butte

Population

188172

Median household income

$35,893$82,885

Median gross rent

$525$1,332

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Study Butte
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	45.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	3.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	18.0%
75 and over	7.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Study Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	26.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Study Butte
No high school diploma	10.5%	46.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Study Butte
Drove alone	73.5%	42.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	57.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Study Butte
1-unit, detached	65.5%	24.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	53.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Study Butte
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.6%
Average household size	1.76	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1979	1990