Gainesville vs Lindsay

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

Gainesville and Lindsay 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 1,161 in Lindsay). Lindsay has the higher median household income ($115,208 vs $56,341 in Gainesville). Lindsay has the higher median home value ($333,800 vs $162,900 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Lindsay
Population	17,688	1,161
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,341	$115,208
Median home value	$162,900	$333,800
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,176
Housing units	7,263	458
Homeownership rate	57.2%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Lindsay
Population	16,441 → 17,688 (+7.6%)	1,257 → 1,161 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$44,753 → $56,341 (+25.9%)	$115,917 → $115,208 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $162,900 (+51.0%)	$198,900 → $333,800 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,080 (+21.5%)	$1,138 → $1,176 (+3.3%)

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

Lindsay

Population

1,2571,161

Median household income

$115,917$115,208

Median home value

$198,900$333,800

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Lindsay
Under 5	6.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Lindsay
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Lindsay
No high school diploma	16.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Lindsay
Drove alone	80.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	11.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Lindsay
1-unit, detached	73.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Lindsay
Poverty rate	19.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1973	1993