What is the population of Gainesville city?

Gainesville city has 17,688 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Gainesville city?

Median household income in Gainesville city is $56,341 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gainesville city?

Median gross rent is $1,080 a month and the median home value is $162,900, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.

Is Gainesville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gainesville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gainesville, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gainesville, Texas (Gainesville, TX — Census place “Gainesville city”) is 17,688 residents, ranking #178 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $56,341, the median home is worth $162,900 and median gross rent runs $1,080 a month. Looking for the Gainesville Texas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Gainesville, TX: 76240, 76241.

Population: 17,688Gainesville city residents
Median household income: $56,341Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $162,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,080Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.2%Owner-occupied households

Gainesville ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gainesville.

The Gainesville TX ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Gainesville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gainesville city median would spend about 23% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.9% of residents and 57.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Gainesville city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gainesville city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 17,688 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #178 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 35.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Gainesville city earn a median of $56,341 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 19.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gainesville city is valued at $162,900, 46.3% below the national figure and 9% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,080 a month, 23.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Gainesville city?: Gainesville city has 17,688 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Gainesville city?: Median household income in Gainesville city is $56,341 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gainesville city?: Median gross rent is $1,080 a month and the median home value is $162,900, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.
Is Gainesville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gainesville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gainesville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.