Hackberry vs Paloma Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Hackberry and Paloma Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Hackberry and Paloma Creek are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paloma Creek has the higher population (3,250 vs 2,927 in Hackberry). Hackberry has the higher median household income ($118,000 vs $88,850 in Paloma Creek). Hackberry has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $308,500 in Paloma Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
Population	2,927	3,250
Median age	32.9 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,000	$88,850
Median home value	$386,500	$308,500
Median gross rent	$2,173	$2,732
Housing units	973	1,096
Homeownership rate	77.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
Population	1,863 → 2,927 (+57.1%)	3,298 → 3,250 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$108,700 → $118,000 (+8.6%)	$94,190 → $88,850 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$262,600 → $386,500 (+47.2%)	$192,800 → $308,500 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $2,173 (+32.7%)	$1,815 → $2,732 (+50.5%)

Hackberry

Population

1,8632,927

Median household income

$108,700$118,000

Median home value

$262,600$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,638$2,173

Paloma Creek

Population

3,2983,250

Median household income

$94,190$88,850

Median home value

$192,800$308,500

Median gross rent

$1,815$2,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
Under 5	10.8%	13.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	24.8%
35 to 44	20.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	4.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.2%
75 and over	1.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	50.9%
Black or African American	14.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	19.4%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
Drove alone	63.8%	58.7%
Carpooled	16.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	17.2%
Other means	0.8%	18.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
1-unit, detached	92.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hackberry	Paloma Creek
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	2012	2008