Alto vs Rusk

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

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

Rusk has the higher population (5,332 vs 825 in Alto). Rusk has the higher median household income ($60,119 vs $56,719 in Alto). Alto has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $153,500 in Rusk).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Rusk
Population	825	5,332
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$60,119
Median home value	$177,800	$153,500
Median gross rent	$496	$876
Housing units	522	1,153
Homeownership rate	41.7%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Rusk
Population	1,200 → 825 (-31.3%)	5,559 → 5,332 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$30,357 → $56,719 (+86.8%)	$53,109 → $60,119 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $177,800 (+130.6%)	$84,300 → $153,500 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $496 (-22.4%)	$921 → $876 (-4.9%)

Alto

Population

1,200825

Median household income

$30,357$56,719

Median home value

$77,100$177,800

Median gross rent

$639$496

Rusk

Population

5,5595,332

Median household income

$53,109$60,119

Median home value

$84,300$153,500

Median gross rent

$921$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Rusk
Under 5	8.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	1.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	21.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.0%
75 and over	6.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Rusk
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	45.4%
Black or African American	23.0%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Rusk
No high school diploma	16.6%	31.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Rusk
Drove alone	70.2%	59.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	25.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Rusk
1-unit, detached	57.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Rusk
Poverty rate	36.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1976	1983