Rancho Alegre is home to 1,337 people in Texas. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 0% of adults. 89% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $51,100, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 33.6. The foreign-born share is 0%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,202, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
0% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rancho Alegre
What changed most since 2000
Population1,775 → 1,337(−25%)US over the same years: +19%
Poverty rate31.6% → 23.7%(−7.9 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Homes owned by their occupants84.0% → 88.7%(+4.7 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Tied for 12th in share with a bachelor's degree0.0%
9th in home value$51,100
Tied for 11th in diversity score0.0
Its weight in Jim Wells County
Rancho Alegre's population equals 3.4% of Jim Wells County's. Its number of veterans equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 7.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)100%(19)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 19 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rancho Alegre, decade by decade
Rancho Alegre population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
1,775
$41,049
$51,006
2.2%
20.6
2010
1,704
$26,779
$36,396
2.8%
10.4
2020
1,415
$18,263
$22,423
4.4%
15.8
2024
1,337
$49,202
$51,100
0.0%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
