Amherst vs Littlefield

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

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

Littlefield has the higher population (5,886 vs 913 in Amherst). Littlefield has the higher median household income ($56,312 vs $54,583 in Amherst). Littlefield has the higher median home value ($75,400 vs $36,300 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Littlefield
Population	913	5,886
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$56,312
Median home value	$36,300	$75,400
Median gross rent	$969	$1,022
Housing units	276	2,700
Homeownership rate	70.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Littlefield
Population	848 → 913 (+7.7%)	5,956 → 5,886 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $54,583 (+8.9%)	$42,156 → $56,312 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $36,300 (-36.1%)	$65,000 → $75,400 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $969 (+104.0%)	$773 → $1,022 (+32.2%)

Amherst

Population

848913

Median household income

$50,139$54,583

Median home value

$56,800$36,300

Median gross rent

$475$969

Littlefield

Population

5,9565,886

Median household income

$42,156$56,312

Median home value

$65,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$773$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Littlefield
Under 5	2.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Littlefield
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	34.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	75.7%	58.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Littlefield
No high school diploma	25.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	49.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Littlefield
Drove alone	71.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Littlefield
1-unit, detached	90.6%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Littlefield
Poverty rate	48.8%	14.5%
Average household size	3.68	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1956	1967