Edmonson vs Hale Center

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

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

Hale Center has the higher population (1,705 vs 177 in Edmonson). Edmonson has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $49,083 in Hale Center). Hale Center has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $79,000 in Edmonson).

Population, income & housing

	Edmonson	Hale Center
Population	177	1,705
Median age	32.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$49,083
Median home value	$79,000	$85,300
Median gross rent	—	$657
Housing units	70	938
Homeownership rate	76.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edmonson	Hale Center
Population	98 → 177 (+80.6%)	2,088 → 1,705 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$31,932 → $53,750 (+68.3%)	$40,404 → $49,083 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $79,000 (-5.5%)	$69,200 → $85,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$638 → $657 (+3.0%)

Edmonson

Population

98177

Median household income

$31,932$53,750

Median home value

$83,600$79,000

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)

	Edmonson	Hale Center
Under 5	1.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	39.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	19.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	1.7%	29.6%
65 to 74	1.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edmonson	Hale Center
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	19.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	79.1%	69.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edmonson	Hale Center
No high school diploma	16.5%	40.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edmonson	Hale Center
Drove alone	98.7%	96.8%
Carpooled	1.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edmonson	Hale Center
1-unit, detached	90.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Edmonson	Hale Center
Poverty rate	1.1%	14.5%
Average household size	3.22	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1969	1967