Hale Center vs Petersburg

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

Hale Center and Petersburg 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 787 in Petersburg). Hale Center has the higher median household income ($49,083 vs $38,636 in Petersburg). Hale Center has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $71,400 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hale Center	Petersburg
Population	1,705	787
Median age	53.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$38,636
Median home value	$85,300	$71,400
Median gross rent	$657	$635
Housing units	938	478
Homeownership rate	85.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hale Center	Petersburg
Population	2,088 → 1,705 (-18.3%)	1,057 → 787 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$40,404 → $49,083 (+21.5%)	$43,158 → $38,636 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,300 (+23.3%)	$54,800 → $71,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $657 (+3.0%)	$532 → $635 (+19.4%)

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

Petersburg

Population

1,057787

Median household income

$43,158$38,636

Median home value

$54,800$71,400

Median gross rent

$532$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hale Center	Petersburg
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	29.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.2%
75 and over	8.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hale Center	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	19.5%	32.9%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	67.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hale Center	Petersburg
No high school diploma	40.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hale Center	Petersburg
Drove alone	96.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hale Center	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	85.1%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Hale Center	Petersburg
Poverty rate	14.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	25
Median year structure built	1967	1959