Alma vs Bristol

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

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

Bristol has the higher population (566 vs 469 in Alma). Alma has the higher median household income ($105,300 vs $69,613 in Bristol). Since 2019, Alma's population has grown faster (+47.5% vs -1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Bristol
Population	469	566
Median age	39.5 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,300	$69,613
Median home value	$281,300	—
Median gross rent	$930	—
Housing units	179	275
Homeownership rate	85.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Bristol
Population	318 → 469 (+47.5%)	572 → 566 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $105,300 (+64.6%)	$78,984 → $69,613 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $281,300 (+66.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$794 → $930 (+17.1%)	—

Alma

Population

318469

Median household income

$63,958$105,300

Median home value

$169,300$281,300

Median gross rent

$794$930

Bristol

Population

572566

Median household income

$78,984$69,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Bristol
Under 5	2.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	5.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	23.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	37.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.6%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Bristol
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Bristol
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Bristol
Drove alone	79.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Bristol
1-unit, detached	78.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Bristol
Poverty rate	2.6%	17.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	2000	1985