Alto vs Shadybrook

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

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

Shadybrook has the higher population (2,649 vs 825 in Alto). Shadybrook has the higher median household income ($66,373 vs $56,719 in Alto). Shadybrook has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $177,800 in Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Shadybrook
Population	825	2,649
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$66,373
Median home value	$177,800	$226,900
Median gross rent	$496	$979
Housing units	522	1,187
Homeownership rate	41.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Shadybrook
Population	1,200 → 825 (-31.3%)	2,065 → 2,649 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$30,357 → $56,719 (+86.8%)	$60,216 → $66,373 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $177,800 (+130.6%)	$67,900 → $226,900 (+234.2%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $496 (-22.4%)	$796 → $979 (+23.0%)

Alto

Population

1,200825

Median household income

$30,357$56,719

Median home value

$77,100$177,800

Median gross rent

$639$496

Shadybrook

Population

2,0652,649

Median household income

$60,216$66,373

Median home value

$67,900$226,900

Median gross rent

$796$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Shadybrook
Under 5	8.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	27.3%
18 to 24	1.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	21.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Shadybrook
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	23.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Shadybrook
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Shadybrook
Drove alone	70.2%	50.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Shadybrook
1-unit, detached	57.9%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Shadybrook
Poverty rate	36.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1976	2000