
Texas · Census place 68846
South Alamo, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of South Alamo, Texas (South Alamo, TX — Census place “South Alamo CDP”) is 3,114 residents, ranking #557 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $33,516, the median home is worth $69,700 and median gross rent runs $683 a month. Looking for the South Alamo Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve South Alamo, TX: 78516.
- Population
- 3,114South Alamo CDP residents
- Median household income
- $33,516Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $69,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $683Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87.5%Owner-occupied households
South Alamo ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps South Alamo.
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What the numbers mean in South Alamo CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the South Alamo CDP median would spend about 24.5% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 30.3% of residents and 87.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
South Alamo CDP, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
South Alamo CDP is a small town in Texas, with 3,114 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #557 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 34.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in South Alamo CDP earn a median of $33,516 a year, 57.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 48% 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 30.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in South Alamo CDP is valued at $69,700, 77% below the national figure and 61% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $683 a month, 51.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,196 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 87.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of South Alamo CDP?
- South Alamo CDP has 3,114 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #557 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in South Alamo CDP?
- Median household income in South Alamo CDP is $33,516 a year, 57.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in South Alamo CDP?
- Median gross rent is $683 a month and the median home value is $69,700, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.
- Is South Alamo CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so South Alamo CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this South Alamo CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.