Area data
Alpine, TX — ZIP 79832
Population: 330 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 440.1 (-0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 97.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $19.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- drought, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 63.0°F
- Average high
- 78.0°F
- Average low
- 48.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 14.8 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 43
- Days with Good air quality
- 231
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Fort Davis National Historic Site (22 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport (ALE) (2 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Excellent (5.6 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 3,109
- Average weekly wage
- $850
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Health Care, Wholesale Trade
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 7
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