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Hempstead, TX

5,899 Population
6.6 square miles 898.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±4.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$22,213 ±$3,475 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $41,559 ±$296
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$58,288 ±$4,026 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $80,458 ±$526
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

14.1% ±8.2% (818  ±474) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.6% 976,498 (±0.3% / ±21,223)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

32.5 minutes ±3.7 (82,270  ±18,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,172,520 (±0.2 / ±645,897)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,909 ±322 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,601,888 ±5,356
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.1 ±0.5 (5,841  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,190,964 (±0 / ±861)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

10.8% ±13.9% (210  ±271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 104,422 (±0.2% / ±3,508)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,061 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,839,496 ±419
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$145,700 ±$93,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $275,200 ±$1,283
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.3% ±5% (596  ±289.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 993,533 (±0.2% / ±16,228.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

79.6% ±15.9% (2,688  ±603.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,013,863 (±0.4% / ±19,522.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
7.7% ±3.9% (260  ±135.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4% 1,668,638 (±0.3% / ±12,687.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.5% ±4.8% (915  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.8% 1,731,737
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.4% ±1.5% (99  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 263,986 (±0.1% / ±5,050)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
99 Total veterans ±61 86 Male ±57 13 Female ±15

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