Alba vs Mineola

A side-by-side comparison of Alba and Mineola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineola has the higher population (4,956 vs 574 in Alba). Alba has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $42,231 in Mineola). Mineola has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $111,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Mineola
Population	574	4,956
Median age	57.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$42,231
Median home value	$111,600	$205,600
Median gross rent	$600	$868
Housing units	264	2,270
Homeownership rate	75.8%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Mineola
Population	598 → 574 (-4.0%)	4,685 → 4,956 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$42,212 → $59,583 (+41.2%)	$37,661 → $42,231 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $111,600 (+47.0%)	$90,700 → $205,600 (+126.7%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $600 (+21.2%)	$798 → $868 (+8.8%)

Alba

Population

598574

Median household income

$42,212$59,583

Median home value

$75,900$111,600

Median gross rent

$495$600

Mineola

Population

4,6854,956

Median household income

$37,661$42,231

Median home value

$90,700$205,600

Median gross rent

$798$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Mineola
Under 5	1.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	31.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.4%
75 and over	14.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Mineola
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Mineola
No high school diploma	21.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Mineola
Drove alone	75.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Mineola
1-unit, detached	68.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Mineola
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1981	1978