Alfred vs South La Paloma

A side-by-side comparison of Alfred and South La Paloma: population, income, housing, and more.

Alfred and South La Paloma are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South La Paloma has the higher population (520 vs 246 in Alfred). Alfred has the higher median household income ($60,074 vs $41,791 in South La Paloma). South La Paloma has the higher median home value ($38,000 vs $9,999 in Alfred).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	South La Paloma
Population	246	520
Median age	36.3 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,074	$41,791
Median home value	$9,999	$38,000
Housing units	94	152
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	South La Paloma
Population	15 → 246 (+1540.0%)	530 → 520 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$52,835 → $60,074 (+13.7%)	$35,068 → $41,791 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$38,600 → $38,000 (-1.6%)

Alfred

Population

15246

Median household income

$52,835$60,074

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

South La Paloma

Population

530520

Median household income

$35,068$41,791

Median home value

$38,600$38,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	South La Paloma
Under 5	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.0%	33.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	39.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	South La Paloma
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	28.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	South La Paloma
No high school diploma	39.0%	27.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	South La Paloma
Drove alone	79.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	South La Paloma
1-unit, detached	52.1%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.9%	37.5%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	South La Paloma
Poverty rate	2.4%	51.0%
Average household size	3.73	4.09
Median year structure built	1979	1993