Hale Center vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (19,893 vs 1,705 in Hale Center). Hale Center has the higher median household income ($49,083 vs $45,991 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $85,300 in Hale Center).

Population, income & housing

	Hale Center	Plainview
Population	1,705	19,893
Median age	53.3 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$45,991
Median home value	$85,300	$107,800
Median gross rent	$657	$811
Housing units	938	8,373
Homeownership rate	85.7%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hale Center	Plainview
Population	2,088 → 1,705 (-18.3%)	20,492 → 19,893 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$40,404 → $49,083 (+21.5%)	$48,430 → $45,991 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,300 (+23.3%)	$84,400 → $107,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $657 (+3.0%)	$645 → $811 (+25.7%)

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

Plainview

Population

20,49219,893

Median household income

$48,430$45,991

Median home value

$84,400$107,800

Median gross rent

$645$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hale Center	Plainview
Under 5	4.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	29.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.0%
75 and over	8.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hale Center	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	19.5%	28.0%
Black or African American	9.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hale Center	Plainview
No high school diploma	40.5%	25.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hale Center	Plainview
Drove alone	96.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hale Center	Plainview
1-unit, detached	85.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hale Center	Plainview
Poverty rate	14.5%	22.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1967	1968