Hale County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Hale County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

Hale County and Jasper County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jasper County has the higher population (32,807 vs 32,247 in Hale County). Hale County has the higher median household income ($52,788 vs $49,919 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $106,100 in Hale County).

Population, income & housing

	Hale County	Jasper County
Population	32,247	32,807
Median age	34.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,788	$49,919
Median home value	$106,100	$125,900
Median gross rent	$798	$790
Housing units	13,399	16,558
Homeownership rate	60.1%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hale County	Jasper County
Population	33,826 → 32,247 (-4.7%)	35,506 → 32,807 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$48,384 → $52,788 (+9.1%)	$44,370 → $49,919 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $106,100 (+28.3%)	$100,900 → $125,900 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $798 (+23.3%)	$765 → $790 (+3.3%)

Hale County

Population

33,82632,247

Median household income

$48,384$52,788

Median home value

$82,700$106,100

Median gross rent

$647$798

Jasper County

Population

35,50632,807

Median household income

$44,370$49,919

Median home value

$100,900$125,900

Median gross rent

$765$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hale County	Jasper County
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.3%
75 and over	6.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hale County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	73.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hale County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	24.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hale County	Jasper County
Drove alone	80.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	14.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hale County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Hale County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	19.0%	22.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1968	1987