Amherst vs Miller

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Miller: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst and Miller are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amherst has the higher population (273 vs 135 in Miller). Miller has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $67,917 in Amherst). Amherst has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $62,500 in Miller).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Miller
Population	273	135
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$81,250
Median home value	$169,600	$62,500
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	103	54
Homeownership rate	80.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Miller
Population	136 → 273 (+100.7%)	153 → 135 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $67,917 (+46.8%)	$47,500 → $81,250 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $169,600 (+84.3%)	$40,000 → $62,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $683 (-4.7%)	—

Amherst

Population

136273

Median household income

$46,250$67,917

Median home value

$92,000$169,600

Median gross rent

$717$683

Miller

Population

153135

Median household income

$47,500$81,250

Median home value

$40,000$62,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Miller
Under 5	9.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	2.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	23.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.3%
75 and over	9.9%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Miller
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Miller
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Miller
Drove alone	75.7%	61.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Miller
1-unit, detached	93.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Miller
Poverty rate	2.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1955	1938