Alamo vs Hidalgo

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

Alamo and Hidalgo 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 14,250 in Hidalgo). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $53,667 in Hidalgo). Hidalgo has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $119,300 in Alamo).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Hidalgo
Population	20,008	14,250
Median age	29.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$53,667
Median home value	$119,300	$156,400
Median gross rent	$649	$849
Housing units	7,590	4,141
Homeownership rate	73.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Hidalgo
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	13,884 → 14,250 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$33,576 → $53,667 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$101,100 → $156,400 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$675 → $849 (+25.8%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Hidalgo

Population

13,88414,250

Median household income

$33,576$53,667

Median home value

$101,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$675$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Hidalgo
Under 5	8.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Hidalgo
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	0.7%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	99.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Hidalgo
No high school diploma	32.4%	29.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Hidalgo
Drove alone	86.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Hidalgo
1-unit, detached	52.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Hidalgo
Poverty rate	24.5%	24.6%
Average household size	3.32	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1996	2003