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Amherst Independent School District, TX

1,136 Population
103.2 square miles 11 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±8.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lamb County: 37.1 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,395 ±$8,171 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lamb County: $28,888 ±$1,846
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,583 ±$12,768 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lamb County: $60,760 ±$4,148
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.5% ±29.9% (425  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lamb County: 15% † 1,887 (±3.5% / ±433)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±4.7 (8,405  ±3,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lamb County: 16.4 † 90,005 (±2 / ±11,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

321 ±70 Number of households
  • Lamb County: 4,677 ±179
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.5 ±0.9 (1,108  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lamb County: 2.7 12,636 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

368 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Lamb County: 5,885 ±28
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$50,600 ±$22,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lamb County: $82,400 † ±$11,973
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4.8% (119  ±66.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lamb County: 8.7% † 1,101 (±2.5% / ±312.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.9% ±29.5% (579  ±143.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lamb County: 78.8% 6,407 (±5.1% / ±416.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12% ±6.4% (87  ±52.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lamb County: 14.3% † 1,165 (±2.1% / ±174.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

32.3% ±15.9% (367  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lamb County: 13% 1,665
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.6% (35  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lamb County: 4.3% † 399 (±1.3% / ±121)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±17 35 Male ±17 N/A Female ±15

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