Gainesville vs Road Runner

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

Gainesville and Road Runner 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 781 in Road Runner). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($56,341 vs $42,500 in Road Runner). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $151,400 in Road Runner).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Road Runner
Population	17,688	781
Median age	35.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,341	$42,500
Median home value	$162,900	$151,400
Median gross rent	$1,080	$929
Housing units	7,263	344
Homeownership rate	57.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Road Runner
Population	16,441 → 17,688 (+7.6%)	264 → 781 (+195.8%)
Median household income	$44,753 → $56,341 (+25.9%)	$41,820 → $42,500 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $162,900 (+51.0%)	$43,800 → $151,400 (+245.7%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,080 (+21.5%)	—

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

Road Runner

Population

264781

Median household income

$41,820$42,500

Median home value

$43,800$151,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Road Runner
Under 5	6.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	28.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	1.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	23.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.7%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Road Runner
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	34.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Road Runner
No high school diploma	16.8%	59.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Road Runner
Drove alone	80.0%	96.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Road Runner
1-unit, detached	73.0%	10.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	81.1%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Road Runner
Poverty rate	19.9%	41.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	46
Median year structure built	1973	1987