Alto vs Jacksonville

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Jacksonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,186 vs 825 in Alto). Alto has the higher median household income ($56,719 vs $50,469 in Jacksonville). Alto has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $120,800 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Jacksonville
Population	825	14,186
Median age	35.2 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$50,469
Median home value	$177,800	$120,800
Median gross rent	$496	$864
Housing units	522	5,340
Homeownership rate	41.7%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Jacksonville
Population	1,200 → 825 (-31.3%)	14,790 → 14,186 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$30,357 → $56,719 (+86.8%)	$43,574 → $50,469 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $177,800 (+130.6%)	$89,000 → $120,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $496 (-22.4%)	$719 → $864 (+20.2%)

Alto

Population

1,200825

Median household income

$30,357$56,719

Median home value

$77,100$177,800

Median gross rent

$639$496

Jacksonville

Population

14,79014,186

Median household income

$43,574$50,469

Median home value

$89,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$719$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Jacksonville
Under 5	8.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	1.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	21.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	41.7%
Black or African American	23.0%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	16.6%	24.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Jacksonville
Drove alone	70.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	57.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	36.6%	28.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1980