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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 13.36
The average living wage for the state of Texas is $30.75/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Texas a minimum wage score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Texas a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Texas is $150.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 10.49 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 19.05

X Texas does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Texas does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Texas does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Texas does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Texas does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Texas does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Texas does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Texas does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Texas does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Texas does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Texas does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Texas does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 20

X Texas does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Texas does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Texas does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X Texas does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Texas does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Texas does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Waller County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 42.56% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 62.73%
Democratic: 36.03%
Libertarian: 0.88%
Green: 0.36%
Other: 0%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 77445
Latitude : 30.059349
Longitude : -96.074834
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 220 ft.
Area Code(s) : 979, 936

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.69
Male Population Estimate : 43.00%
Female Population Estimate : 43.50%
Median Age : 35.5
Male Median Age : 33.8
Female Median Age : 37.2

White Population Estimate : 48.49%
Black Population Estimate : 22.48%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 27.31%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.56%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.10%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.57%
Other Population Estimate : 15.38%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Hempstead specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Waller County: About 3 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Waller County: About 344 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Waller County is about 13% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 16% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.