Alvarado vs The Homesteads

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

Alvarado and The Homesteads 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 3,113 in The Homesteads). Alvarado has the higher median household income ($71,296 vs $64,037 in The Homesteads). Alvarado has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $112,100 in The Homesteads).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
Population	5,424	3,113
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$64,037
Median home value	$206,800	$112,100
Median gross rent	$854	$1,107
Housing units	1,898	1,022
Homeownership rate	64.2%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	3,333 → 3,113 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$53,971 → $64,037 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$72,000 → $112,100 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$1,462 → $1,107 (-24.3%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

The Homesteads

Population

3,3333,113

Median household income

$53,971$64,037

Median home value

$72,000$112,100

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
Under 5	8.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.2%
75 and over	3.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	32.8%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
No high school diploma	24.3%	43.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
Drove alone	86.6%	89.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
1-unit, detached	71.5%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	77.3%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	The Homesteads
Poverty rate	10.3%	29.8%
Average household size	3.22	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1986	1999