Hooks vs Red Lick

A side-by-side comparison of Hooks and Red Lick: population, income, housing, and more.

Hooks and Red Lick are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hooks has the higher population (2,304 vs 1,534 in Red Lick). Red Lick has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $43,929 in Hooks). Red Lick has the higher median home value ($307,000 vs $103,200 in Hooks).

Population, income & housing

	Hooks	Red Lick
Population	2,304	1,534
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,929	$136,250
Median home value	$103,200	$307,000
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,718
Housing units	1,246	564
Homeownership rate	60.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooks	Red Lick
Population	2,738 → 2,304 (-15.9%)	1,078 → 1,534 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$46,354 → $43,929 (-5.2%)	$77,431 → $136,250 (+76.0%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $103,200 (+17.9%)	$197,300 → $307,000 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,007 (+40.3%)	$572 → $1,718 (+200.3%)

Hooks

Population

2,7382,304

Median household income

$46,354$43,929

Median home value

$87,500$103,200

Median gross rent

$718$1,007

Red Lick

Population

1,0781,534

Median household income

$77,431$136,250

Median home value

$197,300$307,000

Median gross rent

$572$1,718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooks	Red Lick
Under 5	3.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	18.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.0%
75 and over	9.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooks	Red Lick
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	19.1%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooks	Red Lick
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooks	Red Lick
Drove alone	78.1%	91.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooks	Red Lick
1-unit, detached	71.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Hooks	Red Lick
Poverty rate	19.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1971	1991