Hughes Springs vs Queen City

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

Hughes Springs and Queen City 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 1,403 in Queen City). Hughes Springs has the higher median household income ($50,924 vs $43,333 in Queen City). Hughes Springs has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $124,000 in Queen City).

Population, income & housing

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
Population	1,676	1,403
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,924	$43,333
Median home value	$138,600	$124,000
Median gross rent	$833	$760
Housing units	857	717
Homeownership rate	57.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
Population	1,479 → 1,676 (+13.3%)	1,644 → 1,403 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$30,580 → $50,924 (+66.5%)	$44,196 → $43,333 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $138,600 (+67.2%)	$82,400 → $124,000 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $833 (+39.8%)	$594 → $760 (+27.9%)

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

Queen City

Population

1,6441,403

Median household income

$44,196$43,333

Median home value

$82,400$124,000

Median gross rent

$594$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
Under 5	6.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	6.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	80.1%
Black or African American	14.1%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
Drove alone	90.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Hughes Springs	Queen City
Poverty rate	25.4%	19.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1963	1978