What is the population of Alpine city?

Alpine city has 6,003 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #370 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Alpine city?

Median household income in Alpine city is $54,503 a year, 30.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alpine city?

Median gross rent is $901 a month and the median home value is $207,700, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.

Is Alpine city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alpine city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alpine, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Alpine, Texas (Alpine, TX — Census place “Alpine city”) is 6,003 residents, ranking #370 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $54,503, the median home is worth $207,700 and median gross rent runs $901 a month. Looking for the Alpine Texas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Alpine, TX: 79830, 79832.

Population: 6,003Alpine city residents
Median household income: $54,503Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $207,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $901Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.8%Owner-occupied households

Alpine ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alpine.

The Alpine TX ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Alpine city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Alpine city median would spend about 19.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 61.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Alpine city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Alpine city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 6,003 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #370 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 44 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Alpine city earn a median of $54,503 a year, 30.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Alpine city is valued at $207,700, 31.5% below the national figure and 16% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $901 a month, 35.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,812 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Alpine city?: Alpine city has 6,003 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #370 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Alpine city?: Median household income in Alpine city is $54,503 a year, 30.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alpine city?: Median gross rent is $901 a month and the median home value is $207,700, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
Is Alpine city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alpine city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Alpine city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.