Hempstead vs Pine Island

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

Hempstead and Pine Island 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 1,226 in Pine Island). Pine Island has the higher median household income ($63,523 vs $58,288 in Hempstead). Pine Island has the higher median home value ($367,400 vs $145,700 in Hempstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hempstead	Pine Island
Population	5,899	1,226
Median age	27.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,288	$63,523
Median home value	$145,700	$367,400
Median gross rent	$1,282	$647
Housing units	2,061	498
Homeownership rate	33.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hempstead	Pine Island
Population	7,691 → 5,899 (-23.3%)	1,312 → 1,226 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$35,688 → $58,288 (+63.3%)	$42,194 → $63,523 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $145,700 (+31.4%)	$187,500 → $367,400 (+95.9%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,282 (+46.5%)	$855 → $647 (-24.3%)

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

Pine Island

Population

1,3121,226

Median household income

$42,194$63,523

Median home value

$187,500$367,400

Median gross rent

$855$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hempstead	Pine Island
Under 5	8.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	24.4%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	18.2%
75 and over	2.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hempstead	Pine Island
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	52.0%
Black or African American	51.3%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	34.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hempstead	Pine Island
No high school diploma	20.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hempstead	Pine Island
Drove alone	91.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hempstead	Pine Island
1-unit, detached	38.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Hempstead	Pine Island
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.4%
Average household size	3.06	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1988	1997