Ballinger vs Miles

A side-by-side comparison of Ballinger and Miles: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballinger has the higher population (3,599 vs 1,170 in Miles). Miles has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $61,250 in Ballinger). Miles has the higher median home value ($170,600 vs $109,000 in Ballinger).

Population, income & housing

	Ballinger	Miles
Population	3,599	1,170
Median age	43.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$77,917
Median home value	$109,000	$170,600
Median gross rent	$935	$842
Housing units	1,715	419
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballinger	Miles
Population	3,659 → 3,599 (-1.6%)	961 → 1,170 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $61,250 (+43.1%)	$64,625 → $77,917 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $109,000 (+42.1%)	$89,100 → $170,600 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $935 (+22.2%)	$777 → $842 (+8.4%)

Ballinger

Population

3,6593,599

Median household income

$42,813$61,250

Median home value

$76,700$109,000

Median gross rent

$765$935

Miles

Population

9611,170

Median household income

$64,625$77,917

Median home value

$89,100$170,600

Median gross rent

$777$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballinger	Miles
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	7.5%
75 and over	7.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballinger	Miles
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	46.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballinger	Miles
No high school diploma	10.0%	19.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballinger	Miles
Drove alone	89.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballinger	Miles
1-unit, detached	90.4%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Ballinger	Miles
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.43	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1956	1979