Hooks vs Redwater

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

Hooks and Redwater 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 957 in Redwater). Redwater has the higher median household income ($48,942 vs $43,929 in Hooks). Hooks has the higher median home value ($103,200 vs $89,700 in Redwater).

Population, income & housing

	Hooks	Redwater
Population	2,304	957
Median age	39.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,929	$48,942
Median home value	$103,200	$89,700
Median gross rent	$1,007	$796
Housing units	1,246	414
Homeownership rate	60.7%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooks	Redwater
Population	2,738 → 2,304 (-15.9%)	1,145 → 957 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$46,354 → $43,929 (-5.2%)	$51,313 → $48,942 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $103,200 (+17.9%)	$86,300 → $89,700 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,007 (+40.3%)	$967 → $796 (-17.7%)

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

Redwater

Population

1,145957

Median household income

$51,313$48,942

Median home value

$86,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$967$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooks	Redwater
Under 5	3.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	19.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.7%
75 and over	9.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooks	Redwater
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	19.1%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooks	Redwater
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooks	Redwater
Drove alone	78.1%	88.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooks	Redwater
1-unit, detached	71.4%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Hooks	Redwater
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1971	1984