Amarillo vs Bushland

A side-by-side comparison of Amarillo and Bushland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amarillo has the higher population (200,945 vs 2,950 in Bushland). Bushland has the higher median household income ($146,339 vs $62,469 in Amarillo). Bushland has the higher median home value ($371,000 vs $186,800 in Amarillo).

Population, income & housing

	Amarillo	Bushland
Population	200,945	2,950
Median age	35.0 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,469	$146,339
Median home value	$186,800	$371,000
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	88,394	909
Homeownership rate	59.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amarillo	Bushland
Population	198,955 → 200,945 (+1.0%)	2,335 → 2,950 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$52,725 → $62,469 (+18.5%)	$132,543 → $146,339 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $186,800 (+41.0%)	$289,800 → $371,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,049 (+23.4%)	—

Amarillo

Population

198,955200,945

Median household income

$52,725$62,469

Median home value

$132,500$186,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,049

Bushland

Population

2,3352,950

Median household income

$132,543$146,339

Median home value

$289,800$371,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amarillo	Bushland
Under 5	7.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	33.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.4%
75 and over	6.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amarillo	Bushland
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	82.3%
Black or African American	7.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amarillo	Bushland
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	26.6%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amarillo	Bushland
Drove alone	78.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	17.5%
Public transit	0.4%	5.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amarillo	Bushland
1-unit, detached	69.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amarillo	Bushland
Poverty rate	15.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.53	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1972	2013