At the crossroads of highways US 281 and state 44, Alice is most centrally located in South Texas to connect the deepwater port of Corpus Christi with Mexico ports of entry in Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville and with the Interstate system of I 10, I 35 and I 37.
With a population of 19,010, Alice is the county seat of Jim Wells County which has a county population of 39,786. Equally important, the population of the trade area (counties contiguous to Jim Wells County less the population of Jim Wells County) is 445,731 according to the 2000 US Census. Of the trade area population, there is a labor force (16 years and older) of 200,508. The median family income for Alice is $34,276.00 and the median home value is $44,500. (factfinder.census.gov)
Alice is the Hub of the South Texas oil and gas industry with five major drilling companies, six international oilfield service companies, and an array of rental tool companies, completion and production companies and trucking companies.
Alice is the Hub of the South Texas health care community. The health care cluster in Alice consists of a 138 bed primary care hospital, kidney dialysis centers, heart center, cancer center, orthopedic clinic, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers.
Alice is the Hub of South Texas retail. A Super Walmart, HEB grocery, 6 banks, 5 hotels, 2 credit unions, 3 car dealerships and the Alice News Papers Inc. form the core of the Alice retail community.
For additional information: Contact Dean Kruckenberg at deank@alicetx.org or phone 361.664.3454.