Amherst vs Sudan

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

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

Sudan has the higher population (1,132 vs 913 in Amherst). Sudan has the higher median household income ($70,536 vs $54,583 in Amherst). Sudan has the higher median home value ($102,900 vs $36,300 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Sudan
Population	913	1,132
Median age	37.5 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$70,536
Median home value	$36,300	$102,900
Median gross rent	$969	$648
Housing units	276	532
Homeownership rate	70.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Sudan
Population	848 → 913 (+7.7%)	1,005 → 1,132 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $54,583 (+8.9%)	$52,083 → $70,536 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $36,300 (-36.1%)	$71,300 → $102,900 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $969 (+104.0%)	$654 → $648 (-0.9%)

Amherst

Population

848913

Median household income

$50,139$54,583

Median home value

$56,800$36,300

Median gross rent

$475$969

Sudan

Population

1,0051,132

Median household income

$52,083$70,536

Median home value

$71,300$102,900

Median gross rent

$654$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Sudan
Under 5	2.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	24.1%	24.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.0%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Sudan
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	44.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	75.7%	53.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Sudan
No high school diploma	25.5%	17.5%
High school graduate	49.6%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Sudan
Drove alone	71.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	8.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Sudan
1-unit, detached	90.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Sudan
Poverty rate	48.8%	11.7%
Average household size	3.68	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1956	1965