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Hamlin, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Hamlin, Texas (Hamlin, TX — Census place “Hamlin city”) is 2,178 residents, ranking #709 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $61,949, the median home is worth $72,100 and median gross rent runs $847 a month. Looking for the Hamlin Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hamlin, TX: 79520.
- Population
- 2,178Hamlin city residents
- Median household income
- $61,949Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $72,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $847Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.1%Owner-occupied households
Hamlin ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hamlin.
The Hamlin TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Hamlin city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Hamlin city median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 67.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Hamlin city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Hamlin city is a small town in Texas, with 2,178 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #709 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 33 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Hamlin city earn a median of $61,949 a year, 21.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Hamlin city is valued at $72,100, 76.2% below the national figure and 60% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $847 a month, 39.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,164 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 67.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Hamlin city?
- Hamlin city has 2,178 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #709 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Hamlin city?
- Median household income in Hamlin city is $61,949 a year, 21.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hamlin city?
- Median gross rent is $847 a month and the median home value is $72,100, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
- Is Hamlin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hamlin city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Hamlin city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.