Alvarado vs Burleson

A side-by-side comparison of Alvarado and Burleson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burleson has the higher population (50,981 vs 5,424 in Alvarado). Burleson has the higher median household income ($94,162 vs $71,296 in Alvarado). Burleson has the higher median home value ($282,900 vs $206,800 in Alvarado).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Burleson
Population	5,424	50,981
Median age	32.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$94,162
Median home value	$206,800	$282,900
Median gross rent	$854	$1,665
Housing units	1,898	18,280
Homeownership rate	64.2%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Burleson
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	45,862 → 50,981 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$79,784 → $94,162 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$184,600 → $282,900 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$1,242 → $1,665 (+34.1%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

Burleson

Population

45,86250,981

Median household income

$79,784$94,162

Median home value

$184,600$282,900

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Burleson
Under 5	8.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.6%
75 and over	3.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Burleson
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	7.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Burleson
No high school diploma	24.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Burleson
Drove alone	86.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Burleson
1-unit, detached	71.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Burleson
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1986	2002