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Hempstead, TX

6,137 Population
6.6 square miles 935.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$21,905 ±$3,492 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $42,619 ±$283
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$60,041 ±$7,024 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $82,168 ±$590
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

22.6% ±8.6% (1,367  ±519) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.9% 1,019,961 (±0.3% / ±18,781)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

30 minutes ±6.1 (79,555  ±21,101) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,767,090 (±0.1 / ±553,485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,901 ±311 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,661,739 ±4,745
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.2 ±0.5 (6,084  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,357,627
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

19% ±13.7% (382  ±282) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 106,996 (±0.2% / ±3,819)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

2,088 ±295 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,906,364 ±575
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$160,700 ±$88,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $298,000 ±$1,513
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

14.6% ±7.2% (869  ±428.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 989,448 (±0.2% / ±16,765)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

72.6% ±14% (2,427  ±537.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,117,983 (±0.4% / ±19,352.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
6.8% ±3.5% (228  ±118) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,742,444 (±0.3% / ±12,033.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

23.6% ±7.7% (1,449  ±470) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 24.3% 1,805,510
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

3.4% ±2.4% (143  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.8% 264,059 (±0.1% / ±4,643)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
143 Total veterans ±101 130 Male ±94 13 Female ±23

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