Gainesville vs Valley View

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

Gainesville and Valley View 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 774 in Valley View). Valley View has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $56,341 in Gainesville). Valley View has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $162,900 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Valley View
Population	17,688	774
Median age	35.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,341	$63,125
Median home value	$162,900	$220,600
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,033
Housing units	7,263	328
Homeownership rate	57.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Valley View
Population	16,441 → 17,688 (+7.6%)	953 → 774 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$44,753 → $56,341 (+25.9%)	$67,361 → $63,125 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $162,900 (+51.0%)	$125,500 → $220,600 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,080 (+21.5%)	$943 → $1,033 (+9.5%)

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

Valley View

Population

953774

Median household income

$67,361$63,125

Median home value

$125,500$220,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Valley View
Under 5	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Valley View
No high school diploma	16.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Valley View
Drove alone	80.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Valley View
1-unit, detached	73.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Valley View
Poverty rate	19.9%	9.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1973	1977