Amherst vs Earth

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

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

Earth has the higher population (937 vs 913 in Amherst). Amherst has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $47,303 in Earth). Earth has the higher median home value ($76,400 vs $36,300 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Earth
Population	913	937
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$47,303
Median home value	$36,300	$76,400
Median gross rent	$969	$786
Housing units	276	518
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Earth
Population	848 → 913 (+7.7%)	1,066 → 937 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $54,583 (+8.9%)	$48,676 → $47,303 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $36,300 (-36.1%)	$64,700 → $76,400 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $969 (+104.0%)	$765 → $786 (+2.7%)

Amherst

Population

848913

Median household income

$50,139$54,583

Median home value

$56,800$36,300

Median gross rent

$475$969

Earth

Population

1,066937

Median household income

$48,676$47,303

Median home value

$64,700$76,400

Median gross rent

$765$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Earth
Under 5	2.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.9%
75 and over	6.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Earth
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	29.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	75.7%	66.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Earth
No high school diploma	25.5%	29.3%
High school graduate	49.6%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Earth
Drove alone	71.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Earth
1-unit, detached	90.6%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Earth
Poverty rate	48.8%	14.0%
Average household size	3.68	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1956	1964