Census-designated place · Jefferson County, Texas

Hamshire, Texas

Hamshire is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Texas, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area. It has 1,388 residents. Hamshire, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,209 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #766 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on voter turnout (low), violent crime rate (high) and job growth (low).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,209 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #766 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,388 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 466.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4832012

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety6#14,706/15,637
Economy82#2,783/15,631
Housing—
Health31#10,768/15,609
Healthcare18#12,863/15,650
Environment9#14,035/15,453
Education13#13,692/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,877/15,650
Community10#14,107/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,578/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hamshire, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Poverty rate · low3.3%
90/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Comfortable days · high32.1%
87/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJefferson County value
Child care cost burden · low24.3%
77/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low9 mi
77/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJefferson County value

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low49.9%
4/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionJefferson County value
Violent crime rate · high621 /100k
4/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJefferson County value
Job growth · low-3.8%
4/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJefferson County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJefferson County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJefferson County value
Food environment index · low6.6
9/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,126 (2016-2020) → 1,388 (2020-2024)
+23%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 29.6% (2020-2024)
+30 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
35.7% (2016-2020) → 21.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
5.4% (2016-2020) → 12.6% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.9% (2016-2020) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
−4.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.354 (2016-2020) → 0.390 (2020-2024)
+10%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Hamshire, Texas over five years.

Cities and towns like Hamshire, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamshire, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Hamshire, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,388 residents (±628)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,388 residents (±628)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

White93%†1,290
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino6.2%†86
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.9%†12

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

758 residents (±210)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma11%†81
High school or GED40%†304
Some college16%†120
Associate degree12%†90
Bachelor's degree21%†159
Graduate degree0.5%†4

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

512 households (±171)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%†75
$25k–50k20%†103
$50k–75k7.8%†40
$75k–100k5.7%†29
$100k–150k34%†174
$150k–200k7.6%†39
$200k or more10%†52

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

512 households (±171)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Own92%†473
Rent7.6%†39

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

27 households (±27)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

473 homes (±172)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k37%†177
$150k–250k34%†160
$250k–400k16%†74

Age of homes

560 homes (±169)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later16%†90
2000–200929%†161
1980–199915%†84

Size of homes

560 homes (±169)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.6%†26
2 bedrooms17%†94

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

769 workers (±447)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone86%†662
Carpool12%†95
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.6%†12
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

757 workers (±446)

Hamshire, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min35%†263
15–29 min23%†177
30–44 min40%†302

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jefferson County, the county holding most of Hamshire's residents.

Jefferson County has 5,710 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Texas's), with 105,009 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,299. The Census Bureau also counts 22,500 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,710; 22,500 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 105,009
Average annual pay: $61,299; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jefferson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	682	26.9	1.29×More than typical	8,148	$54,168	926
Restaurants and other eating places	448	17.7	0.96×About typical	9,362	$20,650	186
Offices of physicians	305	12	1.86×More than typical	2,379	$83,388	162
Specialty trade contractors	251	9.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	9,504	$75,926	1,761
Religious organizations	208	8.2	1.48×More than typical	1,521	$23,193	—
Limited-service restaurants	197	7.8	0.97×About typical	3,839	$18,495	44
Lessors of real estate	185	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,142	$50,994	1,429
Full-service restaurants	184	7.3	0.94×About typical	4,776	$22,602	65
Legal services	158	6.2	1.16×About typical	863	$100,127	161
Gasoline stations	137	5.4	1.67×More than typical	836	$27,524	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	129	5.1	1.16×About typical	800	$66,020	284
Offices of other health practitioners	128	5	0.83×About typical	634	$49,732	266

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 253,557 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hamshire is mostly in Jefferson County.

See federal money in Jefferson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hamshire, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).