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Alton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Alton city is a Census city of 20,214 people across 7.60 square miles of land, in Hidalgo County. Median household income is $52,715, 55.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.9 m.
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Alton
What Alton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.6 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,661
- County holding the largest share of its areaHidalgo County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Alton
- Population20,214
- Median age26.1
- Population under 187,179
- Share under 1835.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,433 plus or minus 322
- Share 65 and over7.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Households5,349
- Family households4,283
- Share of households that are families80.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Alton
- Median household income$52,715
- Per capita income$18,575
- Civilian labor force8,741
- Employed8,013
- Unemployed728 plus or minus 259
- Unemployment rate8.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over10,281
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher67.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Alton
- Housing units6,029
- Occupied units5,349
- Vacant units680 plus or minus 236
- Vacancy rate11.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied2,943
- Renter occupied2,406
- Ownership rate55.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,038
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent
- Single family units3,847
- Share single family63.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,829 plus or minus 455
- Share in buildings of two or more30.3 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes324 plus or minus 155
- Median year structure built2006
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Alton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,762
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,396 plus or minus 357
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,542
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.6 percent
- Drove alone75.7 percent
- Carpooled9.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home11.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Alton
SBA loans in Alton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$2,932,700
- Average approval$488,783
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,390,000
- Largest approval$1,390,000
- Jobs supported114
- Jobs per approval19.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Alton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number481571
- Currently effective map date06/08/82(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Hidalgo County, not Alton
Hidalgo County context, not Alton figures
These are Hidalgo County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alton measurements.
- Establishments in Hidalgo County13,393
- Employment at those establishments, Hidalgo County227,682
- Covered employment, Hidalgo County291,901
- Average annual pay, Hidalgo County$42,905
- Average weekly wage, Hidalgo County$825
- Housing units permitted, Hidalgo County7,292
- Of those, single family, Hidalgo County4,336
- County product, 2024, Hidalgo County$31,357,426,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hidalgo County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hidalgo County$50,502
Every figure in this section is published for Hidalgo County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Alton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alton, Texas?
20,214, in 5,349 households. Alton city covers 7.60 square miles of land, which is 2,661 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alton in?
Hidalgo County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Alton?
$52,715. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,300. Median gross rent is $1,038 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $2.9 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $500,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Alton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Alton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 481571, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Alton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hidalgo County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Alton.
Is zoning published for Alton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.