Alvin, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Alvin's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 79.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Alvin.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Alvin

6 miles from Alvin, straight-line, sits Friendswood, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Alvin's own suburban band.

Friendswood, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Alvin compares nationally

Alvin, TX has a population of about 29,869, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Alvin places 2,545 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.