Hackberry vs Ponder

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

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

Hackberry has the higher population (2,927 vs 2,524 in Ponder). Hackberry has the higher median household income ($118,000 vs $110,714 in Ponder). Hackberry has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $287,000 in Ponder).

Population, income & housing

	Hackberry	Ponder
Population	2,927	2,524
Median age	32.9 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,000	$110,714
Median home value	$386,500	$287,000
Median gross rent	$2,173	$2,345
Housing units	973	831
Homeownership rate	77.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hackberry	Ponder
Population	1,863 → 2,927 (+57.1%)	2,369 → 2,524 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$108,700 → $118,000 (+8.6%)	$85,722 → $110,714 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$262,600 → $386,500 (+47.2%)	$204,200 → $287,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $2,173 (+32.7%)	$1,608 → $2,345 (+45.8%)

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

Ponder

Population

2,3692,524

Median household income

$85,722$110,714

Median home value

$204,200$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hackberry	Ponder
Under 5	10.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	20.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.5%
75 and over	1.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hackberry	Ponder
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	76.1%
Black or African American	14.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	15.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hackberry	Ponder
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hackberry	Ponder
Drove alone	63.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hackberry	Ponder
1-unit, detached	92.2%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hackberry	Ponder
Poverty rate	11.0%	0.8%
Average household size	3.11	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	2012	2010