Gatesville vs South Mountain

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

Gatesville and South Mountain 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 295 in South Mountain). South Mountain has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $54,802 in Gatesville). South Mountain has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $162,000 in Gatesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gatesville	South Mountain
Population	16,058	295
Median age	40.4 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,802	$60,938
Median home value	$162,000	$170,800
Median gross rent	$920	$988
Housing units	3,500	143
Homeownership rate	64.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatesville	South Mountain
Population	12,377 → 16,058 (+29.7%)	383 → 295 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$42,122 → $54,802 (+30.1%)	$59,167 → $60,938 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $162,000 (+103.0%)	$117,400 → $170,800 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $920 (+29.4%)	$736 → $988 (+34.2%)

Gatesville

Population

12,37716,058

Median household income

$42,122$54,802

Median home value

$79,800$162,000

Median gross rent

$711$920

South Mountain

Population

383295

Median household income

$59,167$60,938

Median home value

$117,400$170,800

Median gross rent

$736$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatesville	South Mountain
Under 5	2.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	24.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	23.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	19.7%
75 and over	3.9%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatesville	South Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	14.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatesville	South Mountain
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatesville	South Mountain
Drove alone	76.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.8%
Other means	2.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatesville	South Mountain
1-unit, detached	80.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.1%
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%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Gatesville	South Mountain
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1979	1983