Alto vs New Summerfield

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

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

Alto has the higher population (825 vs 726 in New Summerfield). New Summerfield has the higher median household income ($66,818 vs $56,719 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $81,400 in New Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	New Summerfield
Population	825	726
Median age	35.2 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$66,818
Median home value	$177,800	$81,400
Median gross rent	$496	$940
Housing units	522	276
Homeownership rate	41.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	New Summerfield
Population	1,200 → 825 (-31.3%)	779 → 726 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$30,357 → $56,719 (+86.8%)	$53,125 → $66,818 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $177,800 (+130.6%)	$75,500 → $81,400 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $496 (-22.4%)	$458 → $940 (+105.2%)

Alto

Population

1,200825

Median household income

$30,357$56,719

Median home value

$77,100$177,800

Median gross rent

$639$496

New Summerfield

Population

779726

Median household income

$53,125$66,818

Median home value

$75,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$458$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	New Summerfield
Under 5	8.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	13.8%
25 to 34	21.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.3%
75 and over	6.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	New Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	23.4%
Black or African American	23.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	74.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	New Summerfield
No high school diploma	16.6%	35.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	New Summerfield
Drove alone	70.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	New Summerfield
1-unit, detached	57.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Alto	New Summerfield
Poverty rate	36.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.03	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1976	1983