Alvin Jobs

Alvin is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 21,413. Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the city in 1947 as an infant and lived there until he moved to Round Rock in 2003. The Nolan Ryan Museum is in the Nolan Ryan Foundation and Exhibit Center on the campus of Alvin Community College. The museum covers the entire life and sports career of Nolan Ryan, and includes a machine that lets the visitor feel what it is like to catch one of Nolan Ryan's pitches. Jerry Koosman, one of Ryan's teammates on the New York Mets, once quipped that Alvin was so small, "it didn't have a last name."

Among the most common occupations in Alvin are Management, professional, and related occupations, 23%; Sales and office occupations, 23%; and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 16%. Approximately 76 percent of workers in Alvin, Texas work for companies, 13 percent work for the government and 5 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Alvin, Texas are Educational, health and social services, 16%; Manufacturing, 14%; and Retail trade, 12%. Simply Hired's Alvin job listings indicate that the following industries in Alvin are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Alvin, Texas is $29,398, and the median income of households in Alvin was $38,576.

According to our Alvin Trends data, the number of Alvin, Texas jobs has decreased by 25% since October 2011.

Population of Alvin Total population 21,413 Male 49.11% Female 50.89% Median age 30.7     Alvin Housing Owner-occupied homes 54.8% Median cost of a home $77,500 Median mortgage payment $566 Renter-occupied homes 45.2% Vacant housing 7.3% Median monthly rent $564     Average Income Median for all male full-time $36,216 Median for all female full-time $22,580     Household Income Less than $10,000 9% $10,000 to $14,999 6% $15,000 to $24,999 14% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 17% $50,000 to $74,999 22% $75,000 to $99,999 8% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 2% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 9% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 14% High school graduate 29% Some college, no degree 28% Associate's degree 7% Bachelor's degree 9% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 23% Currently married 56% Separated 2% Widowed 6% Divorced 12%     Race White 85% Black or African American 2% Asian 1% Other 12%     Alvin Commute Carpool 15.1% Public transportation 0.1% Average travel time 29 minutes