Alton vs Palmview

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

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

Alton has the higher population (19,205 vs 15,650 in Palmview). Alton has the higher median household income ($48,777 vs $46,274 in Palmview). Alton has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $109,400 in Palmview).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Palmview
Population	19,205	15,650
Median age	26.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,777	$46,274
Median home value	$126,600	$109,400
Median gross rent	$981	$689
Housing units	5,585	5,943
Homeownership rate	61.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Palmview
Population	16,976 → 19,205 (+13.1%)	5,733 → 15,650 (+173.0%)
Median household income	$32,495 → $48,777 (+50.1%)	$29,419 → $46,274 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $126,600 (+71.3%)	$89,900 → $109,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $981 (+33.8%)	$713 → $689 (-3.4%)

Alton

Population

16,97619,205

Median household income

$32,495$48,777

Median home value

$73,900$126,600

Median gross rent

$733$981

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)

	Alton	Palmview
Under 5	8.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	27.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.0%
75 and over	2.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Palmview
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	7.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.7%	92.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Palmview
No high school diploma	37.4%	33.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Palmview
Drove alone	78.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Palmview
1-unit, detached	63.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Palmview
Poverty rate	28.1%	27.1%
Average household size	3.71	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2004	1995