Alamo, Texas.
Typical home $169,907 (+2.8% in a year), asking rent $1,250 . McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$533 (+149%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,682 +3%
- $165,225$169,907 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,927 +34%
- $126,980$169,907 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Alamo$892
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Alamo, TX rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas
Alamo is a city of 19,493 people in Hidalgo County. Half its households earn more than $57,096 a year and half less, against $54,338 across Hidalgo County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Hidalgo County was 6.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Alamo is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, and its residents are young, with a median age well below what is common across the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run a little above the county's, though a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are very hot, especially in August, with modest rainfall across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Alamo are Walmart, Touchstone Communities, a nursing home operator, and Goodwill Industries of South Texas. Unemployment in Hidalgo County is a little lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. Commutes are of ordinary length, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Nature draws many visitors nearby: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a short drive away, as are the McAllen Botanical Gardens. The Museum of South Texas History, also a short drive away, is a good place to learn about the region's past. Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 6,032households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hidalgo County had 296,499 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 49°; warmest in August, with highs near 99° and lows near 77°. About 19 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mcallen weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Alamo
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters343
- Touchstone CommunitiesNursing homes112
- Goodwill Industries of South TexasUsed merchandise stores36
- U.s. Fish and Wildlife ServiceFederal government · Department of the Interior20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 491 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Alamo’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hidalgo County and the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro.
Alamo home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Alamo$169,907
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Alamo listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Alamo18.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Alamo141
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Alamo17
Zip codes with a Alamo address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Alamo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.