Alba vs Quitman

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

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

Quitman has the higher population (2,368 vs 574 in Alba). Quitman has the higher median household income ($61,387 vs $59,583 in Alba). Quitman has the higher median home value ($179,100 vs $111,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Quitman
Population	574	2,368
Median age	57.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$61,387
Median home value	$111,600	$179,100
Median gross rent	$600	$1,047
Housing units	264	931
Homeownership rate	75.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Quitman
Population	598 → 574 (-4.0%)	2,115 → 2,368 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$42,212 → $59,583 (+41.2%)	$47,824 → $61,387 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $111,600 (+47.0%)	$107,400 → $179,100 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $600 (+21.2%)	$757 → $1,047 (+38.3%)

Alba

Population

598574

Median household income

$42,212$59,583

Median home value

$75,900$111,600

Median gross rent

$495$600

Quitman

Population

2,1152,368

Median household income

$47,824$61,387

Median home value

$107,400$179,100

Median gross rent

$757$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Quitman
Under 5	1.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	31.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.3%
75 and over	14.5%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Quitman
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Quitman
No high school diploma	21.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Quitman
Drove alone	75.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Quitman
1-unit, detached	68.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Quitman
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1981	1974