Hooks vs Wake Village

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

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

Wake Village has the higher population (5,887 vs 2,304 in Hooks). Wake Village has the higher median household income ($69,796 vs $43,929 in Hooks). Wake Village has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $103,200 in Hooks).

Population, income & housing

	Hooks	Wake Village
Population	2,304	5,887
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,929	$69,796
Median home value	$103,200	$172,900
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,061
Housing units	1,246	2,513
Homeownership rate	60.7%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooks	Wake Village
Population	2,738 → 2,304 (-15.9%)	5,392 → 5,887 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$46,354 → $43,929 (-5.2%)	$55,385 → $69,796 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $103,200 (+17.9%)	$134,000 → $172,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,007 (+40.3%)	$745 → $1,061 (+42.4%)

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

Wake Village

Population

5,3925,887

Median household income

$55,385$69,796

Median home value

$134,000$172,900

Median gross rent

$745$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooks	Wake Village
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.0%
75 and over	9.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooks	Wake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	65.6%
Black or African American	19.1%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooks	Wake Village
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooks	Wake Village
Drove alone	78.1%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.5%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooks	Wake Village
1-unit, detached	71.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Hooks	Wake Village
Poverty rate	19.8%	13.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1985