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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-HEMPSTEAD-TX · Hempstead, TX 5,899 pop · income 32nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hempstead
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hempstead on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Metropolis · lowest
51,548
Metropolis · lowest
51,548 median HH income
25.9% of the leader · rank #1
Tampico · near
58,281
Tampico · near
58,281 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #2
Warsaw · near
58,284
Warsaw · near
58,284 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #3
Rossville · near
58,287
Rossville · near
58,287 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #4
Hempstead · this city
58,288
Hempstead · this city
58,288 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #5
Goulds · near
58,291
Goulds · near
58,291 median HH income
29.3% of the leader · rank #6
Old Tappan · highest
199,250
Old Tappan · highest
199,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hempstead on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,899.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hempstead - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Hempstead lands in the 32nd percentile for household income and the 34th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
32nd
percentile, household income
26th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
34th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hempstead, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,899 residents in Hempstead, a small town within Texas. Households in Hempstead report a median income of $58,288 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.5%. Typical homes in Hempstead are valued around $145,700, and the median resident age is 27.2 years. Educational attainment runs 7.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 59.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 52 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 33% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1936.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hempstead's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households to reported crime to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hempstead, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Hempstead?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Krum (5,896 residents, $111,316 income); Wake (5,887 residents, $69,796 income); Littlefield (5,886 residents, $56,312 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Metropolis, IL (5,898 residents); Hudson, NY (5,900 residents); Stroudsburg, PA (5,898 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Hempstead growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,697 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +30.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 52 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the education layer cover for Hempstead?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 7.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Hempstead?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1936.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 15% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Hempstead?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Household income
$58,288
Home value
$145,700
Value / income
2.5×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Hempstead?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
0.7%
Drive alone
91.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,551 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 9.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Hempstead, TX
31/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
9.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$58,288
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
434 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Hempstead profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 42/100 (D) · 9.5%
Household income: 32/100 (F) · $58,288
Violent crime: 20/100 (F) · 434 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.7%
Where Hempstead sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hempstead's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Hempstead highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Hempstead, TX (this city): home $145,700, crime 1,936/100k
Metropolis, IL : home $93,700, crime 1,554/100k
Hudson, NY : home $324,400, crime 1,896/100k
Mount Arlington, NJ : home $393,400, crime 148/100k
Old Tappan, NJ : home $910,600, crime 239/100k
Krum, TX : home $286,300, crime 493/100k
Littlefield, TX : home $75,400, crime 1,156/100k
Wilmer, TX : home $111,200, crime 2,334/100k
Venus, TX : home $253,500, crime 494/100k
How does Hempstead compare to other US cities?
Where Hempstead sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income32% higher than other cities
Home value26% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety34% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Hempstead ranks #441 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hempstead against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hempstead near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hempstead ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hempstead only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#899 of 1,520
41st percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#831 of 1,505
45th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#773 of 1,663
53rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,375 of 1,663
17th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
32nd percentile nationally for median household income · 34th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hempstead's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hempstead's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Hempstead's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$145,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 74% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Hempstead's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,993 of 15,516
More affordable than 74% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,597 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Hempstead sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,993 of 15,516 and #3,597 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$58,288Hempstead, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hempstead, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hempstead, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,899
Median Income
$58,288
Median Home Value
$145,700
Median Age
27.2
Poverty Rate
9.5%
Labor force participation
59.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1936.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
433.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1502.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hempstead's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,497 residents
2021
5,817 residents
2022
6,178 residents
2023
6,578 residents
2024
6,770 residents
2025
7,194 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
52
housing units authorized
Single-Family
52
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
8.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
78
0
78
$1.7M
2020
68
0
68
$1.5M
2021
88
0
88
$2.0M
2022
114
0
114
$2.5M
2023
49
49
0
$14.0M
2024
52
52
0
$15.0M
Permit volume decreased 33% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.1%
Carpool
7.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.7%
Based on 2,551 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hempstead. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hempstead is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hempstead sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hempstead compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.