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Texas·Hidalgo County
7 tracts·22K people·$145K median·2,937/mi²
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Alamo is $145,100 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Alamo has 20,255 residents across 5 census tracts and 6 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 29.2; the population is 84.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% White, 3.5% Black, 0.2% Multiracial, 0.1% Asian and 0.0% Other; the average household has 3.4 people; 18.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 25.3% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
MARCIA R GARZA (48%), AUGUSTO GUERRA EL (45%) and JOHN MCKEEVER EL (43%) lead the elementary schools; AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE (44%) and JESUS - JESSE - VELA JR MIDDLE (40%) lead the middle schools; PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S (42%) and IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY ALAMO (40%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $811/month, 49% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Alamo is $57,096 a year, 34% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Alamo, median rent is $811/month and the median home value is $145,100 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Alamo reported 5.8 violent crimes and 42.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 97°F; winter lows average 51°F; there are 94 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 24 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Alamo are cold wave (96), hail (92) and ice storm (84), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Alamo, 1.1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).