Alamo vs Weslaco

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

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

Weslaco has the higher population (41,437 vs 20,008 in Alamo). Weslaco has the higher median household income ($54,995 vs $54,234 in Alamo). Alamo has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $119,200 in Weslaco).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Weslaco
Population	20,008	41,437
Median age	29.7 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,234	$54,995
Median home value	$119,300	$119,200
Median gross rent	$649	$942
Housing units	7,590	16,681
Homeownership rate	73.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Weslaco
Population	19,613 → 20,008 (+2.0%)	40,464 → 41,437 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$39,858 → $54,234 (+36.1%)	$45,060 → $54,995 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $119,300 (+65.7%)	$83,900 → $119,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $649 (+8.0%)	$709 → $942 (+32.9%)

Alamo

Population

19,61320,008

Median household income

$39,858$54,234

Median home value

$72,000$119,300

Median gross rent

$601$649

Weslaco

Population

40,46441,437

Median household income

$45,060$54,995

Median home value

$83,900$119,200

Median gross rent

$709$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Weslaco
Under 5	8.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.7%
75 and over	7.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Weslaco
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	10.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	87.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Weslaco
No high school diploma	32.4%	22.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Weslaco
Drove alone	86.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.1%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Weslaco
1-unit, detached	52.4%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Weslaco
Poverty rate	24.5%	25.0%
Average household size	3.32	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1996	1994