Alba is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 493 people and two associated neighborhoods, Alba is the 948th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Alba has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Alba has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alba a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Alba is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alba, the average commute to work is 31.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Alba doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Alba rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.79% of adults 25 and older in Alba have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Alba in 2022 was $28,675, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,700 for a family of four. However, Alba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alba is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Alba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alba include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Alba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.