Alba vs Winnsboro

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

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

Winnsboro has the higher population (3,386 vs 574 in Alba). Alba has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $51,473 in Winnsboro). Winnsboro has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $111,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Winnsboro
Population	574	3,386
Median age	57.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$51,473
Median home value	$111,600	$152,000
Median gross rent	$600	$925
Housing units	264	1,334
Homeownership rate	75.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Winnsboro
Population	598 → 574 (-4.0%)	3,360 → 3,386 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$42,212 → $59,583 (+41.2%)	$45,581 → $51,473 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $111,600 (+47.0%)	$85,500 → $152,000 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $600 (+21.2%)	$811 → $925 (+14.1%)

Alba

Population

598574

Median household income

$42,212$59,583

Median home value

$75,900$111,600

Median gross rent

$495$600

Winnsboro

Population

3,3603,386

Median household income

$45,581$51,473

Median home value

$85,500$152,000

Median gross rent

$811$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Winnsboro
Under 5	1.9%	13.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	31.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.4%
75 and over	14.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Winnsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Winnsboro
No high school diploma	21.2%	11.6%
High school graduate	40.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Winnsboro
Drove alone	75.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Winnsboro
1-unit, detached	68.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Winnsboro
Poverty rate	11.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1981	1966