Demographics of Gainesville city, Texas

Gainesville city, Texas had 18,528 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,134 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Gainesville city, in four figures

18,528
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 17,883 ±31.; +6.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,134 people.; 36.5 ±2.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $58,809 ±$3,630
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Gainesville city, Texas's population grew 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Gainesville city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Gainesville city, Texas's population grew 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Gainesville city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	17,394	100.0	100.0
2021	17,686	101.7	100.2
2022	17,903	102.9	100.7
2023	18,136	104.3	101.6
2024	18,370	105.6	102.5
2025	18,528	106.5	103.1

Population of Gainesville city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	17,394	—
2021	17,686	+292
2022	17,903	+217
2023	18,136	+233
2024	18,370	+234
2025	18,528	+158

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.5 ±2.0: for men 36.2 ±2.3 and for women 36.9 ±2.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Gainesville city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	1,073 ±242	6.0% ±1.4	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,295 ±410	18.4% ±2.3	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,006 ±374	11.2% ±2.1	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,444 ±467	24.9% ±2.6	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,102 ±517	22.9% ±2.9	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,963 ±376	16.6% ±2.1	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $58,809 ±$3,630, and income per person $31,046 ±$2,324, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Gainesville city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	1,303 ±288	18.6% ±4.0	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,533 ±384	21.9% ±5.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,543 ±357	22.1% ±5.0	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	856 ±227	12.2% ±3.2	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	714 ±229	10.2% ±3.2	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	589 ±201	8.4% ±2.8	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	456 ±178	6.5% ±2.5	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Gainesville city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	3,315 ±745	19.1% ±4.3	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,384 ±379	32.1% ±7.7	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,569 ±372	17.0% ±3.8	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	362 ±129	9.4% ±3.2	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Gainesville city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Gainesville city	Texas	United States
Housing units	7,485 ±315	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.4% ±1.4	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.6% ±2.6	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	57.6% ±4.3	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	42.4% ±5.9	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$177,000 ±$22,540	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,038 ±$100	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1971 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Gainesville city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,562 ±426	31.1% ±2.4	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,408 ±468	58.2% ±2.6	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,218 ±207	6.8% ±1.2	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 340	0% to 1.9%	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	13 to 97	0.1% to 0.5%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	485 ±194	2.7% ±1.1	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Gainesville city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	11,972 ±618	66.9% ±3.5	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,640 ±499	20.4% ±2.8	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	157 to 653	0.9% to 3.7%	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,866 ±384	10.4% ±2.1	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	461 ±192	2.6% ±1.1	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,405 ±408	7.9% ±2.3	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Gainesville city among the places of Texas

180th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Gainesville city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Cinco Ranch CDP	18,611 ±2,494
Manor city	18,603 ±23
Nederland city	18,381 ±33
White Settlement city	18,150 ±25
Glenn Heights city	18,096 ±48
Gainesville city	17,883 ±31
Bay City city	17,730 ±27
Alice city	17,707 ±28
Stafford city	17,401 ±101
Addison town	17,290 ±42
Bellaire city	17,206 ±62

Rankings this appears in

No. 18 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 52 Places in Texas by median age
No. 138 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 168 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 178 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 201 Places in Texas by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026