Douglassville vs Hughes Springs

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

Douglassville 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 365 in Douglassville). Hughes Springs has the higher median household income ($50,924 vs $31,806 in Douglassville). Hughes Springs has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $109,700 in Douglassville).

Population, income & housing

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
Population	365	1,676
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,806	$50,924
Median home value	$109,700	$138,600
Median gross rent	—	$833
Housing units	172	857
Homeownership rate	87.9%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
Population	306 → 365 (+19.3%)	1,479 → 1,676 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $31,806 (+11.2%)	$30,580 → $50,924 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $109,700 (-28.9%)	$82,900 → $138,600 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $716 (+1.3%)	$596 → $833 (+39.8%)

Douglassville

Population

306365

Median household income

$28,611$31,806

Median home value

$154,200$109,700

Median gross rent

$707$716

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)

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
Under 5	1.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	34.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	2.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	69.7%
Black or African American	15.1%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
No high school diploma	24.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
Drove alone	72.1%	90.3%
Carpooled	25.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
1-unit, detached	83.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Douglassville	Hughes Springs
Poverty rate	32.9%	25.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1973	1963