With 6,137 people, Hempstead is a city in Texas. This skews young, with a median age of 26.3. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 7% of adults. Owners hold 39% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $160,700, having more than doubled since 2000. Growth has run 31% since 2000, or 1,446 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,041, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 26.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
7% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hempstead
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share10.7% → 46.6%(+35.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.1% → 6.8%(−9.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants61.9% → 38.5%(−23.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Hempstead's population equals 10.0% of Waller County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.7%(11)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.5%(35)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 143 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Hempstead, decade by decade
Hempstead population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,581
$40,283
$89,523
16.1%
73.4
2000
4,691
$43,893
$104,563
16.4%
81.7
2010
5,770
$45,755
$105,160
17.8%
83.0
2020
5,430
$45,445
$137,930
15.5%
82.3
2024
6,137
$60,041
$160,700
6.8%
74.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
