Abernathy vs Hale Center

A side-by-side comparison of Abernathy and Hale Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abernathy has the higher population (3,108 vs 1,705 in Hale Center). Abernathy has the higher median household income ($76,850 vs $49,083 in Hale Center). Abernathy has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $85,300 in Hale Center).

Population, income & housing

	Abernathy	Hale Center
Population	3,108	1,705
Median age	39.2 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,850	$49,083
Median home value	$145,100	$85,300
Median gross rent	$738	$657
Housing units	1,285	938
Homeownership rate	81.5%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abernathy	Hale Center
Population	3,006 → 3,108 (+3.4%)	2,088 → 1,705 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$51,506 → $76,850 (+49.2%)	$40,404 → $49,083 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $145,100 (+79.4%)	$69,200 → $85,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $738 (+7.7%)	$638 → $657 (+3.0%)

Abernathy

Population

3,0063,108

Median household income

$51,506$76,850

Median home value

$80,900$145,100

Median gross rent

$685$738

Hale Center

Population

2,0881,705

Median household income

$40,404$49,083

Median home value

$69,200$85,300

Median gross rent

$638$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abernathy	Hale Center
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	22.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	29.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.6%
75 and over	5.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abernathy	Hale Center
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	19.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	69.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abernathy	Hale Center
No high school diploma	11.8%	40.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abernathy	Hale Center
Drove alone	78.0%	96.8%
Carpooled	15.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abernathy	Hale Center
1-unit, detached	91.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Abernathy	Hale Center
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1967	1967