Alamo vs San Juan

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

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

San Juan has the higher population (35,674 vs 20,008 in Alamo). Alamo has the higher median household income ($54,234 vs $53,440 in San Juan). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $118,200 in San Juan).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	San Juan
Population	20,008	35,674
Median age	29.7 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$53,440
Median home value	$119,300	$118,200
Median gross rent	$649	$937
Housing units	7,590	10,971
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	San Juan
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

San Juan

Population

36,74435,674

Median household income

$40,773$53,440

Median home value

$90,300$118,200

Median gross rent

$742$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	San Juan
Under 5	8.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.1%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	2.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
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%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	San Juan
No high school diploma	32.4%	36.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	San Juan
Drove alone	86.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	San Juan
1-unit, detached	52.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	San Juan
Poverty rate	24.5%	24.5%
Average household size	3.32	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1996	1999