Hemphill vs Milam

A side-by-side comparison of Hemphill and Milam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hemphill has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,275 in Milam). Hemphill has the higher median household income ($58,445 vs $46,200 in Milam). Milam has the higher median home value ($124,900 vs $86,300 in Hemphill).

Population, income & housing

	Hemphill	Milam
Population	1,397	1,275
Median age	39.2 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,445	$46,200
Median home value	$86,300	$124,900
Median gross rent	$888	—
Housing units	612	1,128
Homeownership rate	51.9%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	18.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemphill	Milam
Population	1,319 → 1,397 (+5.9%)	1,841 → 1,275 (-30.7%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $58,445 (+106.3%)	$35,761 → $46,200 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $86,300 (-3.7%)	$109,800 → $124,900 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $888 (+52.3%)	—

Hemphill

Population

1,3191,397

Median household income

$28,333$58,445

Median home value

$89,600$86,300

Median gross rent

$583$888

Milam

Population

1,8411,275

Median household income

$35,761$46,200

Median home value

$109,800$124,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemphill	Milam
Under 5	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	25.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.8%
75 and over	9.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemphill	Milam
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	85.3%
Black or African American	14.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemphill	Milam
No high school diploma	21.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemphill	Milam
Drove alone	74.4%	97.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemphill	Milam
1-unit, detached	54.1%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	39.7%

Poverty & households

	Hemphill	Milam
Poverty rate	27.4%	20.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	17
Median year structure built	1974	1995