Hempstead, Texas

Hempstead population, 2020 to 2024

Hempstead added 1,154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.0%. In the latest year it moved by +127. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Hempstead is 43% of it.

Hempstead covers 6.56 square miles of land, for 1,015 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hempstead is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hempstead is in

All of Hempstead's residents live in Waller County, which had 65,109 residents in 2024. Hempstead holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hempstead

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hempstead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77445. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hempstead is

The Census internal point of Hempstead is at 30.100600, -96.077700. Austin, the capital, is 100.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prairie View, TX (8,662 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is College Station, TX, 35.9 miles away.

Daylight in Hempstead

At 30.10° N, Hempstead gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hempstead

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Island, 4.4 miles away, with 1,183 people.