What is the population of Gilmer city?

Gilmer city has 4,955 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #426 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Gilmer city?

Median household income in Gilmer city is $41,279 a year, 47.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $160,700, so rent absorbs about 28.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilmer city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gilmer, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gilmer, Texas (Gilmer, TX — Census place “Gilmer city”) is 4,955 residents, ranking #426 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $41,279, the median home is worth $160,700 and median gross rent runs $993 a month. Looking for the Gilmer Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gilmer, TX: 75644.

Population: 4,955Gilmer city residents
Median household income: $41,279Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $160,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $993Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.3%Owner-occupied households

Gilmer ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gilmer.

The Gilmer TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

75644

What the numbers mean in Gilmer city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gilmer city median would spend about 28.9% 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 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.9% of residents and 51.3% of households own their home.

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

Gilmer city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gilmer city is a small town in Texas, with 4,955 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #426 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 38.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Gilmer city earn a median of $41,279 a year, 47.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 22.9% 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 Gilmer city is valued at $160,700, 47% below the national figure and 10% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $993 a month, 29.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,916 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.9% 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 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51.3% 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 Gilmer city?: Gilmer city has 4,955 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #426 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Gilmer city?: Median household income in Gilmer city is $41,279 a year, 47.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gilmer city?: Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $160,700, so rent absorbs about 28.9% of median household income.
Is Gilmer city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilmer city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gilmer city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.