Amistad vs Laughlin AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Amistad and Laughlin AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laughlin AFB has the higher population (1,888 vs 60 in Amistad). Laughlin AFB has the higher median household income ($73,045 vs $44,318 in Amistad). Since 2019, Amistad's population has grown faster (+36.4% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
Population	60	1,888
Median age	42.6 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,318	$73,045
Median home value	$112,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,416
Housing units	80	616
Homeownership rate	89.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
Population	44 → 60 (+36.4%)	2,244 → 1,888 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $44,318 (-12.8%)	$67,059 → $73,045 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $112,500 (+42.8%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,202 → $1,416 (+17.8%)

Amistad

Population

4460

Median household income

$50,833$44,318

Median home value

$78,800$112,500

Laughlin AFB

Population

2,2441,888

Median household income

$67,059$73,045

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	40.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.7%
35 to 44	35.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	0.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	0.3%
75 and over	11.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	48.3%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
No high school diploma	23.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
Drove alone	60.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	39.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
1-unit, detached	28.7%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	70.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	71.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amistad	Laughlin AFB
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	8
Median year structure built	1981	1968