Alamo vs Palmview

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

Alamo and Palmview 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 15,650 in Palmview). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $46,274 in Palmview). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $109,400 in Palmview).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Palmview
Population	20,008	15,650
Median age	29.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$46,274
Median home value	$119,300	$109,400
Median gross rent	$649	$689
Housing units	7,590	5,943
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Palmview
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	5,733 → 15,650 (+173.0%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$29,419 → $46,274 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$89,900 → $109,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$713 → $689 (-3.4%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Palmview

Population

5,73315,650

Median household income

$29,419$46,274

Median home value

$89,900$109,400

Median gross rent

$713$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Palmview
Under 5	8.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Palmview
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	7.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
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	Palmview
No high school diploma	32.4%	33.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Palmview
Drove alone	86.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Palmview
1-unit, detached	52.4%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Palmview
Poverty rate	24.5%	27.1%
Average household size	3.32	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1996	1995