Alamo vs Pharr

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

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

Pharr has the higher population (79,809 vs 20,008 in Alamo). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $49,884 in Pharr). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $111,500 in Pharr).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Pharr
Population	20,008	79,809
Median age	29.7 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$49,884
Median home value	$119,300	$111,500
Median gross rent	$649	$990
Housing units	7,590	26,519
Homeownership rate	73.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Pharr
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	78,073 → 79,809 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$39,884 → $49,884 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$80,900 → $111,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$752 → $990 (+31.6%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Pharr

Population

78,07379,809

Median household income

$39,884$49,884

Median home value

$80,900$111,500

Median gross rent

$752$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Pharr
Under 5	8.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.9%
75 and over	7.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Pharr
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	4.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.2%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	95.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Pharr
No high school diploma	32.4%	30.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Pharr
Drove alone	86.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.1%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Pharr
1-unit, detached	52.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Pharr
Poverty rate	24.5%	29.8%
Average household size	3.32	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1996	2001