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Gilmer, TX

5,025 Population
3.8 square miles 1,325.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±5.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,476 ±$3,564 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $33,434 ±$894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,316 ±$8,445 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $66,647 ±$1,464
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±8.3% (863  ±392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 15.1% 42,249 (±0.9% / ±2,635)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±4.7 (43,715  ±10,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 23.7 2,783,100 (±0.7 / ±88,401)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,759 ±154 Number of households
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 108,174 ±894
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (4,719  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 2.6 279,270 (±0 / ±141)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

21.4% ±16.3% (250  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 4.7% † 3,081 (±0.7% / ±424)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,006 ±178 Number of housing units
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 122,469 ±94
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,700 ±$13,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $184,400 ±$4,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±7.3% (850  ±355.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 12.2% 35,009 (±0.8% / ±2,340.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±11.1% (2,905  ±410.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 87.2% 168,134 (±1.7% / ±3,265)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±5.2% (699  ±173.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 21.1% 40,762 (±0.9% / ±1,658.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±1.1% (56  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 6.4% 18,744
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±4.4% (299  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 7.2% 15,912 (±0.5% / ±1,011)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
299 Total veterans ±168 299 Male ±168 N/A Female ±21

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