Alton.
Texas·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
Texas·
Texas
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
Texas·Hidalgo County
5 tracts·17K people·$156K median·2,327/mi²
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in Alton is $156,300 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Alton has 20,214 residents across 3 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 26.1; the population is 96.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White, 0.3% Other, 0.2% Black, 0.0% Asian and 0.0% Multiracial; the average household has 3.8 people; 14.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 27.5% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
CANTU EL (41%), RAQUEL CAVAZOS EL (39%) and JESSIE L JENSEN EL (36%) lead the elementary schools; DOMINGO TREVINO MIDDLE (42%) and ALTON MEMORIAL J H (35%) lead the middle schools; MISSION COLLEGIATE H S is the high school with reported scores (70%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,038/month, 34% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Alton is $52,715 a year, 39% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Alton, median rent is $1,038/month and the median home value is $156,300 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Alton reported 7.2 violent crimes and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 98°F; winter lows average 51°F; there are 89 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 23 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Alton are cold wave (92), hail (84) and drought (84), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Alton, 1.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).