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Gonzales, TX

7,200 Population
6.1 square miles 1,184.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gonzales County: 39.3 ±1.7
  • 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

$23,557 ±$3,422 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gonzales County: $29,113 ±$2,611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,929 ±$10,710 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gonzales County: $58,672 ±$4,856
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.3% ±6.6% (1,893  ±460) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gonzales County: 15.8% † 3,091 (±2.9% / ±575)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±3.6 (47,045  ±11,763) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Gonzales County: 27.2 † 225,910 (±2.9 / ±27,619)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,926 ±173 Number of households
  • Gonzales County: 7,926 ±216
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (6,931  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Gonzales County: 2.5 19,509 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±6.1% (125  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Gonzales County: 7.2% † 289 (±3.4% / ±135)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,248 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Gonzales County: 9,020 ±30
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,500 ±$22,843 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Gonzales County: $159,100 † ±$21,966
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±2.9% (423  ±204.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gonzales County: 7.2% † 1,411 (±2.1% / ±407.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

67.4% ±8.6% (2,974  ±407.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gonzales County: 75.3% 9,899 (±5.2% / ±699.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.4% ±3.9% (461  ±174.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gonzales County: 11.9% † 1,568 (±2.3% / ±305.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-quarter 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

12.8% ±4.9% (918  ±351) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gonzales County: 11.7% 2,315
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±1.6% (151  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gonzales County: 5.2% † 765 (±1.3% / ±197)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±78 147 Male ±79 4 Female ±23

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