Pottsboro vs Van Alstyne

A side-by-side comparison of Pottsboro and Van Alstyne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Alstyne has the higher population (5,378 vs 2,624 in Pottsboro). Van Alstyne has the higher median household income ($93,373 vs $75,909 in Pottsboro). Van Alstyne has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $246,300 in Pottsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
Population	2,624	5,378
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,909	$93,373
Median home value	$246,300	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,141
Housing units	1,052	2,205
Homeownership rate	71.7%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
Population	2,465 → 2,624 (+6.5%)	3,906 → 5,378 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $75,909 (+8.4%)	$67,772 → $93,373 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $246,300 (+38.3%)	$158,100 → $297,400 (+88.1%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,233 (+52.4%)	$1,012 → $1,141 (+12.7%)

Pottsboro

Population

2,4652,624

Median household income

$70,000$75,909

Median home value

$178,100$246,300

Median gross rent

$809$1,233

Van Alstyne

Population

3,9065,378

Median household income

$67,772$93,373

Median home value

$158,100$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
Under 5	6.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	27.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	4.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.2%
75 and over	4.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	67.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
Drove alone	71.3%	61.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	23.7%
Other means	3.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
1-unit, detached	85.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Pottsboro	Van Alstyne
Poverty rate	7.9%	1.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1991	2005