Gatesville vs Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Gatesville and Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gatesville has the higher population (16,058 vs 142 in Mound). Since 2019, Gatesville's population has grown faster (+29.7% vs -48.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Gatesville	Mound
Population	16,058	142
Median age	40.4 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,802	—
Median home value	$162,000	—
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	3,500	51
Homeownership rate	64.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	18.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatesville	Mound
Population	12,377 → 16,058 (+29.7%)	276 → 142 (-48.6%)
Median household income	$42,122 → $54,802 (+30.1%)	$63,281 → $70,345 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $162,000 (+103.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$711 → $920 (+29.4%)	—

Gatesville

Population

12,37716,058

Median household income

$42,122$54,802

Median home value

$79,800$162,000

Median gross rent

$711$920

Mound

Population

276142

Median household income

$63,281$70,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatesville	Mound
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	40.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	23.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.8%
75 and over	3.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatesville	Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	14.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatesville	Mound
No high school diploma	18.2%	24.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatesville	Mound
Drove alone	76.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatesville	Mound
1-unit, detached	80.0%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	58.8%

Poverty & households

	Gatesville	Mound
Poverty rate	10.0%	56.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1979	1992