Barrera vs Los Alvarez

A side-by-side comparison of Barrera and Los Alvarez: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Alvarez has the higher population (232 vs 208 in Barrera). Los Alvarez has the higher median household income ($11,004 vs $8,000 in Barrera). Since 2019, Barrera's population has grown faster (-8.8% vs -11.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
Population	208	232
Median age	12.5 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$8,000	$11,004
Median home value	—	$113,500
Housing units	86	113
Homeownership rate	17.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
Population	228 → 208 (-8.8%)	263 → 232 (-11.8%)
Median household income	—	$8,974 → $11,004 (+22.6%)
Median home value	—	$159,900 → $113,500 (-29.0%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $685 (+10.7%)	—

Barrera

Population

228208

Median gross rent

$619$685

Los Alvarez

Population

263232

Median household income

$8,974$11,004

Median home value

$159,900$113,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
Under 5	50.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	17.3%	23.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	6.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.0%
75 and over	15.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
No high school diploma	100.0%	95.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
1-unit, detached	17.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	40.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barrera	Los Alvarez
Poverty rate	84.1%	84.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.05
Median year structure built	2008	2004