Brookshire vs Hempstead

A side-by-side comparison of Brookshire and Hempstead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hempstead has the higher population (5,899 vs 5,330 in Brookshire). Brookshire has the higher median household income ($62,987 vs $58,288 in Hempstead). Hempstead has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $117,000 in Brookshire).

Population, income & housing

	Brookshire	Hempstead
Population	5,330	5,899
Median age	26.5 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,987	$58,288
Median home value	$117,000	$145,700
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,282
Housing units	1,766	2,061
Homeownership rate	58.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookshire	Hempstead
Population	5,376 → 5,330 (-0.9%)	7,691 → 5,899 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $62,987 (+46.5%)	$35,688 → $58,288 (+63.3%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$110,900 → $145,700 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,300 (+35.4%)	$875 → $1,282 (+46.5%)

Brookshire

Population

5,3765,330

Median household income

$42,986$62,987

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,300

Hempstead

Population

7,6915,899

Median household income

$35,688$58,288

Median home value

$110,900$145,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookshire	Hempstead
Under 5	8.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	26.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	18.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	4.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	2.6%	5.9%
75 and over	2.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookshire	Hempstead
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	12.3%
Black or African American	20.0%	51.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	35.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookshire	Hempstead
No high school diploma	29.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookshire	Hempstead
Drove alone	89.4%	91.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookshire	Hempstead
1-unit, detached	43.3%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	30.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookshire	Hempstead
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.1%
Average household size	3.26	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1989	1988