Hempstead vs Pattison

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

Hempstead and Pattison 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 688 in Pattison). Pattison has the higher median household income ($96,563 vs $58,288 in Hempstead). Pattison has the higher median home value ($405,000 vs $145,700 in Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hempstead	Pattison
Population	5,899	688
Median age	27.2 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,288	$96,563
Median home value	$145,700	$405,000
Median gross rent	$1,282	—
Housing units	2,061	251
Homeownership rate	33.4%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hempstead	Pattison
Population	7,691 → 5,899 (-23.3%)	507 → 688 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$35,688 → $58,288 (+63.3%)	$71,000 → $96,563 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $145,700 (+31.4%)	$181,700 → $405,000 (+122.9%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,282 (+46.5%)	$1,042 → $1,036 (-0.6%)

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

Pattison

Population

507688

Median household income

$71,000$96,563

Median home value

$181,700$405,000

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hempstead	Pattison
Under 5	8.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	20.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	21.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	14.4%
75 and over	2.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hempstead	Pattison
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	44.0%
Black or African American	51.3%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hempstead	Pattison
No high school diploma	20.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hempstead	Pattison
Drove alone	91.1%	65.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	30.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hempstead	Pattison
1-unit, detached	38.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Hempstead	Pattison
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.4%
Average household size	3.06	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1988	1992