Alvarado vs Venus

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

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

Venus has the higher population (5,874 vs 5,424 in Alvarado). Venus has the higher median household income ($97,039 vs $71,296 in Alvarado). Venus has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $206,800 in Alvarado).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Venus
Population	5,424	5,874
Median age	32.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$97,039
Median home value	$206,800	$253,500
Median gross rent	$854	$2,042
Housing units	1,898	1,586
Homeownership rate	64.2%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Venus
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	3,692 → 5,874 (+59.1%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$68,125 → $97,039 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$145,200 → $253,500 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$906 → $2,042 (+125.4%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

Venus

Population

3,6925,874

Median household income

$68,125$97,039

Median home value

$145,200$253,500

Median gross rent

$906$2,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Venus
Under 5	8.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	21.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	3.5%
75 and over	3.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Venus
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	51.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Venus
No high school diploma	24.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Venus
Drove alone	86.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Venus
1-unit, detached	71.5%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Venus
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.8%
Average household size	3.22	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1986	2014