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Gainesville, TX

17,688 Population
19.3 square miles 916.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,213 ±$1,801 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $38,518 ±$2,765
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$56,341 ±$5,342 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $72,472 ±$5,093
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

19.9% ±5.2% (3,423  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 14.1% † 5,872 (±2.2% / ±932)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.9 minutes ±3.8 (170,285  ±30,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 25.9 486,760 (±1.7 / ±35,275)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

6,819 ±278 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 16,252 ±329
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.1 (17,214  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 2.6 41,862 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.3% ±2.8% (223  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 4.8% † 422 (±1.6% / ±139)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

7,263 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 17,841 ±58
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$162,900 ±$14,889 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $224,600 ±$11,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

15.9% ±4.2% (2,777  ±734.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 10.6% † 4,450 (±1.9% / ±802.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

83.3% ±5.8% (9,346  ±731.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 88.4% 25,407 (±3.8% / ±1,108.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
19.6% ±3.4% (2,196  ±385.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 23.6% 6,782 (±2.1% / ±592.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

11.3% ±2.5% (2,000  ±435) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 6.8% 2,894
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.7% ±1.6% (878  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,479 (±1.1% / ±354)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
878 Total veterans ±209 755 Male ±202 123 Female ±80

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