City safety & data profile

GatesvilleTX

Gatesville, TX is a 16K-resident city in Coryell County with a median household income of $57,217.

Coryell County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Gatesville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Gatesville has a population larger than 30% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $207,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 31%
By size
$57,217
Median income (place)
$207,300
Median home (place)
9.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Gatesville

Gatesville posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Gatesville area.

Bottom 19%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Gatesville

Where Gatesville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$57,217 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Gatesville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Gatesville, TX beyond the headline numbers

Gatesville sits inside Coryell County, Texas, at roughly 31.44°N, -97.74°W. Population 15,724, $57,217 median household income. Median home value $207,300, median rent $1,007. Poverty rate 9.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Gatesville, 0 with an ER.

At 9.1%, poverty in Gatesville, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Gatesville costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 3.7% of Gatesville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 23% in Gatesville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Gatesville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Gatesville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,724
Gatesville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$57,217
-36% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$207,300
-50% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Coryell County): Gatesville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
85K+12%
Median Income
$71,301+43%
Median Home Value
$195,300+101%
Poverty Rate
11.2%-16%
Unemployment
5.1%-32%

Economics

Economics indicators for Gatesville, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,007/mo
Poverty Rate
9.1% -27% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 8.6%
Work From Home 3.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 53.4%
African American 16.5%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
45.1%
Obesity
44.9%
Physical Inactivity
37.3%
High Blood Pressure
36%
Frequent Mental Distress
23.6%
Current Smoking
23.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
23%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.7%
Binge Drinking
16%
Diabetes
14%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 44.4%
Annual Checkup 73.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
12%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Gatesville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Gatesville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-GATESVILLE · Gatesville

Gatesville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Gatesville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Gatesville, TX?
Gatesville, TX has a population of 15,724 people, located in Coryell County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Gatesville?
The median household income in Gatesville, TX is $57,217 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.1%.
What is the median home value in Gatesville?
The median home value in Gatesville, TX is $207,300. Median rent is $1,007/month.
What are the top health concerns in Gatesville?
The top health indicators in Gatesville include Short Sleep Duration (45.1%), Obesity (44.9%), Physical Inactivity (37.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Gatesville?
Gatesville has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Gatesville?
The median age in Gatesville, TX is 39.4 years. 8.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Gatesville, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (9.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($57,217 here).

Compare Gatesville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Gatesville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Coryell County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.