Alma vs Bardwell

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Bardwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bardwell has the higher population (786 vs 469 in Alma). Alma has the higher median household income ($105,300 vs $56,797 in Bardwell). Alma has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $108,300 in Bardwell).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Bardwell
Population	469	786
Median age	39.5 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,300	$56,797
Median home value	$281,300	$108,300
Median gross rent	$930	$1,269
Housing units	179	280
Homeownership rate	85.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Bardwell
Population	318 → 469 (+47.5%)	528 → 786 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $105,300 (+64.6%)	$50,000 → $56,797 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $281,300 (+66.2%)	$70,300 → $108,300 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $930 (+17.1%)	$888 → $1,269 (+42.9%)

Alma

Population

318469

Median household income

$63,958$105,300

Median home value

$169,300$281,300

Median gross rent

$794$930

Bardwell

Population

528786

Median household income

$50,000$56,797

Median home value

$70,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$888$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Bardwell
Under 5	2.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	18.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.2%
75 and over	5.5%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Bardwell
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	34.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	42.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Bardwell
No high school diploma	13.3%	28.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Bardwell
Drove alone	79.6%	67.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	6.6%
Other means	4.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Bardwell
1-unit, detached	78.2%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Bardwell
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.2%
Average household size	2.93	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2000	1988