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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-ALAMO-TX · Alamo, TX 20,008 pop · income 26th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Alamo
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Alamo on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Plainview · lowest
45,991
Plainview · lowest
45,991 median HH income
35.5% of the leader · rank #1
Shoshoni · near
54,226
Shoshoni · near
54,226 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #2
Alamo · this city
54,234
Alamo · this city
54,234 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #3
Horseshoe Bend · near
54,236
Horseshoe Bend · near
54,236 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #4
The Silos · near
54,245
The Silos · near
54,245 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #5
LaSalle · near
54,246
LaSalle · near
54,246 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #6
Fate · highest
129,500
Fate · highest
129,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Alamo on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 20,008.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Alamo - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Alamo places in the 26th percentile for household income and the 6th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
26th
percentile, household income
17th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
6th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Alamo, TX
20,008 people live in Alamo, Texas - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Alamo households earn a median of $54,234 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 24.5%. Home values in Alamo run a median of $119,300, and the median resident age is 29.7 years. 15.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 49.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 99 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 67% from five years earlier. Alamo's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 4388.9 incidents per 100,000 residents, above the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Alamo's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Alamo, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Alamo?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4388.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 92% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Alamo?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Plainview (19,893 residents, $45,991 income); Universal City (19,853 residents, $75,439 income); Portland (20,369 residents, $81,944 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Forest Park, OH (19,994 residents); Affton, MO (20,035 residents); West Haven, UT (19,977 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +970 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 99 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Alamo?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 15.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
24.5%
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%
Matched public schools
12
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Alamo?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 24.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
2.2×
Home value
$119,300
Household income
$54,234
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 24.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Alamo, TX
22/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$54,234
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
24.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
897 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Alamo profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 26/100 (F) · $54,234
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 15.1%
Poverty rate: 7/100 (F) · 24.5%
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 897 /100k
Where Alamo sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Alamo's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Alamo highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Alamo, TX (this city): home $119,300, crime 4,389/100k
Forest Park, OH : home $163,200, crime 1,972/100k
Whitehall, OH : home $138,700, crime 7,009/100k
Sand Springs, OK : home $186,700, crime 3,005/100k
Plainview, TX : home $107,800, crime 2,054/100k
Universal City, TX : home $249,400, crime 2,361/100k
Portland, TX : home $226,900, crime 1,000/100k
Angleton, TX : home $187,400, crime 1,206/100k
Boerne, TX : home $437,100, crime 1,286/100k
Fate, TX : home $361,100, crime 542/100k
How does Alamo compare to other US cities?
Here's how Alamo stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income26% higher than other cities
Home value17% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety6% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Texas, Alamo ranks #607 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Alamo against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Alamo near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Alamo ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Alamo only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,011 of 1,520
33rd percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#977 of 1,505
35th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#203 of 1,663
88th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#953 of 1,663
42nd percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
26th percentile nationally for median household income · 6th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Alamo's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Alamo's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Alamo's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$119,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 83% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Alamo's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,462 of 15,516
More affordable than 84% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#142 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.2×, Alamo sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,462 of 15,516 and #142 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$54,234Alamo, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Alamo, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Alamo, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)24.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)49.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,008
Median Income
$54,234
Median Home Value
$119,300
Median Age
29.7
Poverty Rate
24.5%
Labor force participation
49.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4388.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
897.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3491.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Alamo's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
19,655 residents
2021
19,979 residents
2022
20,298 residents
2023
20,518 residents
2024
20,620 residents
2025
20,625 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
99
housing units authorized
Single-Family
99
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
304
268
36
$23.8M
2020
183
155
28
$16.7M
2021
190
190
0
$22.4M
2022
106
106
0
$14.1M
2023
94
94
0
$13.2M
2024
99
99
0
$15.4M
Permit volume decreased 67% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
86.5%
Carpool
7.8%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
4.0%
Based on 6,722 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Alamo. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Alamo is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Alamo sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Alamo compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.