One downside of living in Alvin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alvin, the average commute to work is 30.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Alvin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Alvin is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.83% of adults 25 and older in Alvin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alvin in 2022 was $32,214, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $128,856 for a family of four. However, Alvin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alvin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alvin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alvin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alvin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.39% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alvin include German, Irish, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Alvin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
