Hays vs Niederwald

A side-by-side comparison of Hays and Niederwald: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niederwald has the higher population (1,089 vs 173 in Hays). Hays has the higher median household income ($89,750 vs $49,625 in Niederwald). Hays has the higher median home value ($330,400 vs $204,300 in Niederwald).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Niederwald
Population	173	1,089
Median age	54.9 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,750	$49,625
Median home value	$330,400	$204,300
Median gross rent	$2,150	$1,371
Housing units	69	363
Homeownership rate	89.9%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Niederwald
Population	154 → 173 (+12.3%)	576 → 1,089 (+89.1%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $89,750 (+90.2%)	$57,500 → $49,625 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$210,900 → $330,400 (+56.7%)	$138,500 → $204,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $2,150 (+25.9%)	$1,038 → $1,371 (+32.1%)

Hays

Population

154173

Median household income

$47,188$89,750

Median home value

$210,900$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,150

Niederwald

Population

5761,089

Median household income

$57,500$49,625

Median home value

$138,500$204,300

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hays	Niederwald
Under 5	5.2%	13.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	29.8%
35 to 44	4.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	5.7%
65 to 74	23.1%	8.9%
75 and over	12.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Niederwald
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	20.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	75.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Niederwald
No high school diploma	3.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	25.5%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Niederwald
Drove alone	84.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Niederwald
1-unit, detached	98.6%	20.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Niederwald
Poverty rate	4.6%	25.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1970	2000