Alice Acres, TX

Census Place

2024 Population

819

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

14.4

24.6% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

56.8%

1.46% 1-year increase

2019 Median Household Income

$90,493

2.76% 1-year growth

2020 Median Property Value

$54,200

33.7% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Alice Acres, TX employs 153 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Alice Acres, TX were Manufacturing (35 people), Educational Services (30 people), and Retail Trade (26 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,944).

Employment

Occupations

153

2024 Value

± 153

0.658%

1 Year growth

± 140%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Alice Acres, TX grew at a rate of 0.658%, from 152 employees to 153 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Alice Acres, TX, are Production Occupations (64 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (30 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (26 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Alice Acres, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

153

2024 Value

± 153

0.658%

1 Year growth

± 140%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Alice Acres, TX grew at a rate of 0.658%, from 152 employees to 153 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Alice Acres, TX, are Manufacturing (35 people), Educational Services (30 people), and Retail Trade (26 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Alice Acres, TX, though some of these residents may live in Alice Acres, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$77,692

Median earning men ± $43,550

$47,841

Median earning women ± $62,237

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,944).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Alice Acres, TX was $54,200 in 2020, which is 0.163 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $81,800 to $54,200, a 33.7% decrease. The homeownership rate in Alice Acres, TX is 54.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Alice Acres, TX have an average commute time of 36.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Alice Acres, TX is higher than the national average, with an average of 4 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$54,200

Median Property Value 2020

±$51,659

$85

Median Property Taxes

±$86

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Alice Acres, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Alice Acres, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$90,493

Median Household Income

± $38,977

157

Number of Households

± 119

In 2019, the median household income of the 157 households in Alice Acres, TX grew to $90,493 from the previous year's value of $88,065.

The following chart displays the households in Alice Acres, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Alice Acres, TX is from Texas.

0.475

2024 Wage GINI in Texas

0.475

2023 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2024, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0391% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was higher than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Alice Acres, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (0%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

36.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Alice Acres, TX have a longer commute time (36.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 13.7% of the workforce in Alice Acres, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Alice Acres, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Alice Acres, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Alice Acres, TX have 4 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

56.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Alice Acres, TX (465 out of 819 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 12 - 14, followed by Females 12 - 14 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Alice Acres, TX is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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