Alvarado vs Keene

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

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

Keene has the higher population (6,574 vs 5,424 in Alvarado). Alvarado has the higher median household income ($71,296 vs $50,796 in Keene). Keene has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $206,800 in Alvarado).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Keene
Population	5,424	6,574
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$50,796
Median home value	$206,800	$219,900
Median gross rent	$854	$950
Housing units	1,898	2,629
Homeownership rate	64.2%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Keene
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	6,396 → 6,574 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$47,813 → $50,796 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$142,200 → $219,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$834 → $950 (+13.9%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

Keene

Population

6,3966,574

Median household income

$47,813$50,796

Median home value

$142,200$219,900

Median gross rent

$834$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Keene
Under 5	8.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	17.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.2%
75 and over	3.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Keene
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	58.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	30.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Keene
No high school diploma	24.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Keene
Drove alone	86.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Keene
1-unit, detached	71.5%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Keene
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1986	1985