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Gainesville, TX Urban Area

16,970 Population
9.6 square miles 1,776 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,570 ±$1,886 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$55,341 ±$5,628 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.7% ±5.3% (3,423  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.5 minutes ±3.9 (159,840  ±29,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,537 ±286 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (16,625  ±256) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.5% ±2.9% (223  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,953 ±292 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$158,700 ±$14,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15.5% ±4.3% (2,598  ±715.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.6% ±5.7% (8,750  ±709.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.5% ±3.4% (1,962  ±366.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

11.7% ±2.6% (1,991  ±435) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±1.5% (815  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
815 Total veterans ±191 692 Male ±183 123 Female ±80

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