Alvin is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States.

[3] The town was named after Alvin Spencer, a Baptist minister from Powell County, Kentucky who arrived in the area around 1908.

[4] The unincorporated communities of Alvin and Nelma are located in the town.

30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 12.1% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 9.5% of those sixty five or over.