What is the population of Miles city?

Miles city has 1,170 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #956 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Miles city?

Median household income in Miles city is $77,917 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Miles city?

Median gross rent is $842 a month and the median home value is $170,600, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.

Is Miles city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Miles city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Miles, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Miles, Texas (Miles, TX — Census place “Miles city”) is 1,170 residents, ranking #956 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $77,917, the median home is worth $170,600 and median gross rent runs $842 a month. Looking for the Miles Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Miles, TX: 76861.

Population: 1,170Miles city residents
Median household income: $77,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $170,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $842Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.7%Owner-occupied households

Miles ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Miles.

The Miles TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

76861

What the numbers mean in Miles city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Miles city median would spend about 13% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.6% of residents and 73.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Miles city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Miles city is a small town in Texas, with 1,170 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #956 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 48% of them. The median age here is 35.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Miles city earn a median of $77,917 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Miles city is valued at $170,600, 43.8% below the national figure and 5% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $842 a month, 40.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,104 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13% 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 2.2×, 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. 73.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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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What is the population of Miles city?: Miles city has 1,170 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #956 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Miles city?: Median household income in Miles city is $77,917 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Miles city?: Median gross rent is $842 a month and the median home value is $170,600, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.
Is Miles city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Miles city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Miles 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.