Gainesville vs Lake Kiowa

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Lake Kiowa: population, income, housing, and more.

Gainesville and Lake Kiowa are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gainesville has the higher population (17,688 vs 2,496 in Lake Kiowa). Lake Kiowa has the higher median household income ($123,098 vs $56,341 in Gainesville). Lake Kiowa has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $162,900 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
Population	17,688	2,496
Median age	35.4 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,341	$123,098
Median home value	$162,900	$467,500
Median gross rent	$1,080	—
Housing units	7,263	1,312
Homeownership rate	57.2%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
Population	16,441 → 17,688 (+7.6%)	2,585 → 2,496 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$44,753 → $56,341 (+25.9%)	$77,031 → $123,098 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $162,900 (+51.0%)	$299,200 → $467,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,080 (+21.5%)	$1,017 → $1,430 (+40.6%)

Gainesville

Population

16,44117,688

Median household income

$44,753$56,341

Median home value

$107,900$162,900

Median gross rent

$889$1,080

Lake Kiowa

Population

2,5852,496

Median household income

$77,031$123,098

Median home value

$299,200$467,500

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	5.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	26.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	22.8%
75 and over	7.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
No high school diploma	16.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
Drove alone	80.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
1-unit, detached	73.0%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Lake Kiowa
Poverty rate	19.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1973	1994