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Gainesville, TX

17,883 Population
19.3 square miles 926.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,046 ±$2,324 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $38,914 ±$2,725
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$58,809 ±$3,630 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $73,932 ±$4,874
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

19.1% ±4.3% (3,315  ±745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 13.5% † 5,737 (±2.1% / ±879)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

22.2 minutes ±3.9 (173,465  ±33,195) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 25.7 488,005 (±1.9 / ±41,111)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

6,994 ±312 Number of households
  • the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 16,528 ±353
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.5 ±0.1 (17,402  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 2.6 42,423 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

6.5% ±3.3% (266  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 5.1% † 456 (±1.8% / ±163)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

7,485 ±315 Number of housing units
  • the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 17,944 ±65
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$177,000 ±$22,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: $240,400 ±$9,265
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

13.9% ±3.5% (2,451  ±614.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 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)

Social

84.2% ±6.2% (9,686  ±804.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 88.6% 25,786 (±4% / ±1,189.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
19.4% ±3.2% (2,235  ±380.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 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)

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

10.4% ±2.2% (1,866  ±384) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 7% 3,011
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.7% ±1.6% (905  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gainesville, TX Micro Area: 7.3% † 2,410 (±1% / ±333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
905 Total veterans ±215 749 Male ±200 156 Female ±101

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