Alpine vs Terlingua

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

Alpine and Terlingua 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 138 in Terlingua). Alpine has the higher median household income ($54,503 vs $45,969 in Terlingua). Alpine has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $112,500 in Terlingua).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Terlingua
Population	6,003	138
Median age	44.0 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,503	$45,969
Median home value	$207,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$901	—
Housing units	3,775	123
Homeownership rate	61.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Terlingua
Population	6,006 → 6,003 (-0.0%)	110 → 138 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$46,488 → $54,503 (+17.2%)	$41,250 → $45,969 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $207,700 (+38.8%)	$163,300 → $112,500 (-31.1%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $901 (+30.0%)	—

Alpine

Population

6,0066,003

Median household income

$46,488$54,503

Median home value

$149,600$207,700

Median gross rent

$693$901

Terlingua

Population

110138

Median household income

$41,250$45,969

Median home value

$163,300$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Terlingua
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	33.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	34.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	4.3%
75 and over	7.7%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Terlingua
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Terlingua
No high school diploma	10.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Terlingua
Drove alone	73.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.1%
Other means	2.3%	21.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Terlingua
1-unit, detached	65.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Terlingua
Poverty rate	9.8%	1.4%
Average household size	1.76	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	14	8
Median year structure built	1979	1977