Gainesville is home to 17,883 people in Texas. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. The typical home is worth $177,000, having roughly tripled since 2000. That trails the Texas median by roughly 25%. 19.1% of people here live below the federal poverty line. 58% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,809, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 78%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gainesville
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share7.2% → 31.1%(+23.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share84.4% → 58.2%(−26.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.1% → 19.4%(+7.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Gainesville's population equals 42% of Cooke County's. Its number of households without a car equals 69% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 62% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.1%(173)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.8%(152)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.4%(311)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.5%(59)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 905 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gainesville, decade by decade
Gainesville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
14,256
$48,875
$96,723
12.1%
34.7
2000
15,538
$55,690
$99,280
14.7%
52.8
2010
16,002
$56,172
$128,896
15.0%
65.6
2020
17,394
$56,150
$124,476
15.6%
74.3
2024
17,883
$58,809
$177,000
19.4%
69.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
