Population: 430. Estimated population in July 2020: 479 (+11.4% change)
Males: 197 (45.8%), Females: 233 (54.2%)
Wood County
Zip code: 75410
Median resident age: 41.8 years
Median household income: $23,438
Median house value: $52,400
Races in Alba:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.7%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (44.2%), Irish (9.3%), Italian (4.2%), German (3.7%), English (2.6%), Dutch (1.9%).
Elevation: 451 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Alba
- High school or higher: 63.6%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 3.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Alba town
- Never married: 15.4%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 14.0%
2.1% Foreign born (2.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -60 (-12.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Alba:
- COZBY GERMANY HOSPIAL (about 11 miles; GRAND SALINE, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER QUITMAN (about 14 miles; QUITMAN, TX)
- HOPKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alba:
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 35 miles; TYLER, TX; Abbreviation: TYR)
- COX FLD (about 60 miles; PARIS, TX; Abbreviation: PRX)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 71 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; Abbreviation: GGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Alba:
- WOOD COUNTY (about 12 miles; MINEOLA/QUITMAN, TX; Abbreviation: 3T1)
- MINEOLA WISENER FIELD (about 13 miles; MINEOLA, TX; Abbreviation: 3F9)
- CANTON-HACKNEY (about 21 miles; CANTON, TX; Abbreviation: 7F5)
Amtrak station near Alba:
- 14 miles: MINEOLA (115 E. FRONT ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alba:
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 23 miles; TYLER, TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,872)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 37 miles; COMMERCE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,998)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 40 miles; TYLER, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,433)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; ATHENS, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,858)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 60 miles; KILGORE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,814)
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 70 miles; MESQUITE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,457)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 75 miles; CORSICANA, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,842)
Schools
Public high school in Alba:
- ALBA-GOLDEN H S (Students: 311; Location: 1373 CR 2377; Grades: 07 – 12)
Public primary/middle school in Alba:
- ALBA-GOLDEN EL (Students: 479; Location: 1373 CR 2377; Grades: PK – 06)