Alice, Texas
Alice sits on the brush country of South Texas in Jim Wells County, roughly 40 miles west of Corpus Christi. The land around it is the flat to gently rolling terrain of the Coastal Bend, historically ranching country that later became part of the region's oil and gas economy. Alice grew up as a rail and cattle-shipping point and remains a commercial hub for the surrounding farms, ranches, and oilfields.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 17,550
- Change from 2020 base
- -1.8%
- Land area
- 12 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Jim Wells County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Jim Wells County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Alice
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Alice.
County Seat History
Alice took three names before the post office made one stick
The railroad junction was called Bandana and then Kleberg before an 1888 post office fixed the name Alice on the map.
Property Tax Basics
Jim Wells property-tax questions start at the appraisal district
JWCAD handles appraisals, exemptions, protests, and property-tax payment questions; the county tax office handles vehicles instead.
Political History
Alice's Box 13 sits inside an 87-vote Senate story
The disputed Jim Wells returns known as Box 13 became part of Lyndon Johnson's 87-vote Senate victory in 1948.
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