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Gainesville CCD, Cooke County, TX

17,768 Population
30.7 square miles 579.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cooke County: 40.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,109 ±$2,096 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cooke County: $38,914 ±$2,725
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,665 ±$3,439 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cooke County: $73,932 ±$4,874
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±4.3% (3,343  ±745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cooke County: 13.5% † 5,737 (±2.1% / ±879)
  • about 1.4 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)

23 minutes ±3.8 (178,555  ±32,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cooke County: 25.7 488,005 (±1.9 / ±41,111)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,898 ±367 Number of households
  • Cooke County: 16,528 ±353
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (17,287  ±463) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cooke County: 2.6 42,423 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.8% (213  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Cooke County: 5.1% † 456 (±1.8% / ±163)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,381 ±367 Number of housing units
  • Cooke County: 17,944 ±65
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,800 ±$28,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cooke County: $240,400 ±$9,265
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±3.5% (2,451  ±615.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cooke County: 10.3% † 4,397 (±1.8% / ±768.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.1% ±5.5% (9,529  ±789.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cooke County: 88.6% 25,786 (±4% / ±1,189.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19% ±3.2% (2,179  ±381) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cooke County: 23.7% 6,888 (±2.1% / ±614.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

10.4% ±2.2% (1,844  ±387) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cooke County: 7% 3,011
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.6% (845  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cooke County: 7.3% † 2,410 (±1% / ±333)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
845 Total veterans ±220 689 Male ±195 156 Female ±101

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