Alton vs San Juan

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

Alton 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 19,205 in Alton). San Juan has the higher median household income ($53,440 vs $48,777 in Alton). Alton has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $118,200 in San Juan).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	San Juan
Population	19,205	35,674
Median age	26.7 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,777	$53,440
Median home value	$126,600	$118,200
Median gross rent	$981	$937
Housing units	5,585	10,971
Homeownership rate	61.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	San Juan
Population	16,976 → 19,205 (+13.1%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$32,495 → $48,777 (+50.1%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $126,600 (+71.3%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $981 (+33.8%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Alton

Population

16,97619,205

Median household income

$32,495$48,777

Median home value

$73,900$126,600

Median gross rent

$733$981

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)

	Alton	San Juan
Under 5	8.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	27.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	6.1%
75 and over	2.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.7%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	San Juan
No high school diploma	37.4%	36.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	San Juan
Drove alone	78.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	San Juan
1-unit, detached	63.5%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Alton	San Juan
Poverty rate	28.1%	24.5%
Average household size	3.71	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	2004	1999