Alamo vs Mercedes

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

Alamo and Mercedes 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 16,449 in Mercedes). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $41,753 in Mercedes). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $107,700 in Mercedes).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Mercedes
Population	20,008	16,449
Median age	29.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$41,753
Median home value	$119,300	$107,700
Median gross rent	$649	$676
Housing units	7,590	6,114
Homeownership rate	73.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Mercedes
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Mercedes
Under 5	8.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.7%
75 and over	7.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Mercedes
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	7.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	92.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Mercedes
No high school diploma	32.4%	30.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Mercedes
Drove alone	86.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.1%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Mercedes
1-unit, detached	52.4%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Mercedes
Poverty rate	24.5%	31.5%
Average household size	3.32	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1996	1988