Alvarado vs Godley

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

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

Alvarado has the higher population (5,424 vs 2,223 in Godley). Godley has the higher median household income ($93,182 vs $71,296 in Alvarado). Godley has the higher median home value ($323,500 vs $206,800 in Alvarado).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Godley
Population	5,424	2,223
Median age	32.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$93,182
Median home value	$206,800	$323,500
Median gross rent	$854	$1,647
Housing units	1,898	875
Homeownership rate	64.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Godley
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	961 → 2,223 (+131.3%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$47,031 → $93,182 (+98.1%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$83,700 → $323,500 (+286.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$998 → $1,647 (+65.0%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

Godley

Population

9612,223

Median household income

$47,031$93,182

Median home value

$83,700$323,500

Median gross rent

$998$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Godley
Under 5	8.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	18.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.6%
75 and over	3.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Godley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	71.8%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Godley
No high school diploma	24.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Godley
Drove alone	86.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Godley
1-unit, detached	71.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Godley
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.2%
Average household size	3.22	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1986	2011