Alvord vs Runaway Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Alvord and Runaway Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Runaway Bay has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,318 in Alvord). Runaway Bay has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $70,294 in Alvord). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $201,400 in Alvord).

Population, income & housing

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
Population	1,318	1,522
Median age	29.0 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,294	$83,333
Median home value	$201,400	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,172
Housing units	491	808
Homeownership rate	66.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
Population	1,260 → 1,318 (+4.6%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$58,889 → $70,294 (+19.4%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $201,400 (+82.1%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,050 (+25.6%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

Alvord

Population

1,2601,318

Median household income

$58,889$70,294

Median home value

$110,600$201,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,050

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
Under 5	15.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	21.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	19.0%
75 and over	2.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	88.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	19.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	82.3%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alvord	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1982	1986