Alamo vs Donna

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo and Donna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alamo has the higher population (20,008 vs 16,774 in Donna). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $38,082 in Donna). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $68,500 in Donna).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Donna
Population	20,008	16,774
Median age	29.7 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$38,082
Median home value	$119,300	$68,500
Median gross rent	$649	$734
Housing units	7,590	5,926
Homeownership rate	73.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Donna
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	16,409 → 16,774 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$29,724 → $38,082 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$59,500 → $68,500 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$569 → $734 (+29.0%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Donna

Population

16,40916,774

Median household income

$29,724$38,082

Median home value

$59,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$569$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Donna
Under 5	8.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	28.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	7.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Donna
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	7.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	92.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Donna
No high school diploma	32.4%	36.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Donna
Drove alone	86.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Donna
1-unit, detached	52.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Donna
Poverty rate	24.5%	40.4%
Average household size	3.32	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1996	1988