Hale Center vs Seth Ward

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

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

Seth Ward has the higher population (1,909 vs 1,705 in Hale Center). Seth Ward has the higher median household income ($54,209 vs $49,083 in Hale Center). Hale Center has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $57,500 in Seth Ward).

Population, income & housing

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
Population	1,705	1,909
Median age	53.3 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$54,209
Median home value	$85,300	$57,500
Median gross rent	$657	$844
Housing units	938	772
Homeownership rate	85.7%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
Population	2,088 → 1,705 (-18.3%)	1,825 → 1,909 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$40,404 → $49,083 (+21.5%)	$35,438 → $54,209 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,300 (+23.3%)	$44,000 → $57,500 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $657 (+3.0%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

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

Seth Ward

Population

1,8251,909

Median household income

$35,438$54,209

Median home value

$44,000$57,500

Median gross rent

$643$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
Under 5	4.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	25.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	29.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	8.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	19.5%	19.1%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
No high school diploma	40.5%	34.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
Drove alone	96.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	30.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
1-unit, detached	85.1%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Hale Center	Seth Ward
Poverty rate	14.5%	23.4%
Average household size	2.30	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1967	1958