Avinger vs Hughes Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Avinger and Hughes Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Avinger and Hughes Springs are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hughes Springs has the higher population (1,676 vs 467 in Avinger). Hughes Springs has the higher median household income ($50,924 vs $36,563 in Avinger). Hughes Springs has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $79,400 in Avinger).

Population, income & housing

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
Population	467	1,676
Median age	45.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$50,924
Median home value	$79,400	$138,600
Median gross rent	$833	$833
Housing units	208	857
Homeownership rate	73.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
Population	353 → 467 (+32.3%)	1,479 → 1,676 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $36,563 (-19.5%)	$30,580 → $50,924 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $79,400 (+2.5%)	$82,900 → $138,600 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $833 (+28.2%)	$596 → $833 (+39.8%)

Avinger

Population

353467

Median household income

$45,417$36,563

Median home value

$77,500$79,400

Median gross rent

$650$833

Hughes Springs

Population

1,4791,676

Median household income

$30,580$50,924

Median home value

$82,900$138,600

Median gross rent

$596$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
Under 5	8.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	13.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	69.7%
Black or African American	29.1%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
No high school diploma	11.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	57.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
Drove alone	93.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
1-unit, detached	79.8%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Avinger	Hughes Springs
Poverty rate	29.3%	25.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	49	18
Median year structure built	1967	1963