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Population (year 2000): 2,248. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,018 (-10.2% change)
Males: 1,048 (46.6%), Females: 1,200 (53.4%)
Fisher County
Zip code:
79520
Median resident age: 41.4 years
Median household income: $25,873 (year 2000)
Median house value: $33,900 (year 2000)
Races in Hamlin:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.6%)
- Hispanic (20.7%)
- Other race (11.5%)
- Black (6.2%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (21.7%), German
(7.1%), English (6.4%), Irish (5.7%), Dutch (1.4%), Scotch-Irish
(1.4%).
Elevation: 1723 feet
Land area: 5.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hamlin
- High school or higher: 69.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hamlin city
- Never married: 17.5%
- Now married: 57.6%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 13.4%
- Divorced: 9.0%
3.8% Foreign born (3.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -579 (-20.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Hamlin:
- HAMLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (632 N W SECOND ST
BOX 387)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Hamlin:
- ANSON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ANSON, TX)
- STONEWALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles;
ASPERMONT, TX)
- STAMFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
STAMFORD, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hamlin:
- DYESS AFB (about 38 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 47 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- SAN ANGELO REGIONAL/MATHIS FIELD (about 109 miles;
SAN ANGELO, TX; ID: SJT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hamlin:
- HAMLIN MUNI (about 3 miles; HAMLIN, TX; ID: 14F)
- FISHER COUNTY (about 20 miles; ROTAN/ROBY, TX; ID:
56F)
- STONEWALL COUNTY (about 20 miles; ASPERMONT, TX; ID:
T60)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Hamlin:
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; Abilene,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 128 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 129 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 141 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 143 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
Public high school in Hamlin:
- HAMLIN H S (Students: 144; Location: 450 S W
AVE F; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Hamlin:
- HAMLIN EL (Students: 273; Location: 405 N W
5TH ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- HAMLIN MIDDLE (Students: 106; Location: 250 S
W AVE F; Grades: 06 - 08)
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