Alvarado is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,910 people and five associated neighborhoods, Alvarado is the 396th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Alvarado, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Alvarado, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Alvarado’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Alvarado does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $86,083.00.

Being a small city, Alvarado does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Alvarado rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.34% of adults 25 and older in Alvarado 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 Alvarado in 2022 was $28,670, 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 $114,680 for a family of four. However, Alvarado contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alvarado is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alvarado home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alvarado residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alvarado also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alvarado include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

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