Alvin, Texas

Alvin population, 2020 to 2024

Alvin added 2,726 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,064. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 122nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Alvin is 1.9 times that size.

Alvin covers 22.91 square miles of land and 0.90 of water, for 1,304 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Alvin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Alvin is in

All of Alvin's residents live in Brazoria County, which had 413,224 residents in 2024. Alvin holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alvin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Alvin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77511, 77583. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alvin is

The Census internal point of Alvin is at 29.424800, -95.224400. Austin, the capital, is 161.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Friendswood, TX (41,291 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is League City, TX, 8.3 miles away.

Daylight in Alvin

At 29.42° N, Alvin gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alvin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Friendswood, 5.9 miles away, with 41,291 people.