Gainesville vs Muenster

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

Gainesville and Muenster 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 1,462 in Muenster). Muenster has the higher median household income ($93,224 vs $56,341 in Gainesville). Muenster has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $162,900 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Muenster
Population	17,688	1,462
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,341	$93,224
Median home value	$162,900	$248,400
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,384
Housing units	7,263	675
Homeownership rate	57.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Muenster
Population	16,441 → 17,688 (+7.6%)	1,418 → 1,462 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$44,753 → $56,341 (+25.9%)	$70,278 → $93,224 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $162,900 (+51.0%)	$177,000 → $248,400 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,080 (+21.5%)	$890 → $1,384 (+55.5%)

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

Muenster

Population

1,4181,462

Median household income

$70,278$93,224

Median home value

$177,000$248,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Muenster
Under 5	6.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Muenster
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Muenster
No high school diploma	16.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Muenster
Drove alone	80.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Muenster
1-unit, detached	73.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Muenster
Poverty rate	19.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1976