Gatesville vs Oglesby

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

Gatesville and Oglesby 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 412 in Oglesby). Gatesville has the higher median household income ($54,802 vs $47,188 in Oglesby). Gatesville has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $98,400 in Oglesby).

Population, income & housing

	Gatesville	Oglesby
Population	16,058	412
Median age	40.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,802	$47,188
Median home value	$162,000	$98,400
Median gross rent	$920	$904
Housing units	3,500	190
Homeownership rate	64.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatesville	Oglesby
Population	12,377 → 16,058 (+29.7%)	619 → 412 (-33.4%)
Median household income	$42,122 → $54,802 (+30.1%)	$53,516 → $47,188 (-11.8%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $162,000 (+103.0%)	$71,200 → $98,400 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $920 (+29.4%)	$688 → $904 (+31.4%)

Gatesville

Population

12,37716,058

Median household income

$42,122$54,802

Median home value

$79,800$162,000

Median gross rent

$711$920

Oglesby

Population

619412

Median household income

$53,516$47,188

Median home value

$71,200$98,400

Median gross rent

$688$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatesville	Oglesby
Under 5	2.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	24.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	23.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	21.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.1%
75 and over	3.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatesville	Oglesby
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	74.3%
Black or African American	14.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatesville	Oglesby
No high school diploma	18.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatesville	Oglesby
Drove alone	76.9%	65.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	15.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatesville	Oglesby
1-unit, detached	80.0%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Gatesville	Oglesby
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1979	1959