Alamo Beach vs Port Lavaca

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo Beach and Port Lavaca: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamo Beach and Port Lavaca are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Lavaca has the higher population (11,410 vs 153 in Alamo Beach). Alamo Beach has the higher median household income ($101,297 vs $65,395 in Port Lavaca). Since 2019, Port Lavaca's population has grown faster (-6.1% vs -79.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
Population	153	11,410
Median age	57.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,297	$65,395
Median home value	—	$121,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,024
Housing units	197	5,056
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
Population	736 → 153 (-79.2%)	12,147 → 11,410 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$60,173 → $101,297 (+68.3%)	$57,748 → $65,395 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$206,800 → $209,100 (+1.1%)	$106,600 → $121,000 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$679 → $1,024 (+50.8%)

Alamo Beach

Population

736153

Median household income

$60,173$101,297

Median home value

$206,800$209,100

Port Lavaca

Population

12,14711,410

Median household income

$57,748$65,395

Median home value

$106,600$121,000

Median gross rent

$679$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	37.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	22.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	33.3%	8.4%
75 and over	2.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	22.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	64.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
No high school diploma	10.5%	22.9%
High school graduate	7.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	60.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
Drove alone	47.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	52.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
1-unit, detached	69.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Alamo Beach	Port Lavaca
Poverty rate	5.2%	11.4%
Average household size	1.46	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1977	1972