Gladewater vs Kilgore

A side-by-side comparison of Gladewater and Kilgore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kilgore has the higher population (13,444 vs 6,297 in Gladewater). Kilgore has the higher median household income ($58,141 vs $52,100 in Gladewater). Gladewater has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $154,600 in Kilgore).

Population, income & housing

	Gladewater	Kilgore
Population	6,297	13,444
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$58,141
Median home value	$162,400	$154,600
Median gross rent	$984	$1,082
Housing units	2,704	5,190
Homeownership rate	57.8%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladewater	Kilgore
Population	5,991 → 6,297 (+5.1%)	14,827 → 13,444 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$31,265 → $52,100 (+66.6%)	$56,715 → $58,141 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $162,400 (+81.3%)	$122,200 → $154,600 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $984 (+16.0%)	$833 → $1,082 (+29.9%)

Gladewater

Population

5,9916,297

Median household income

$31,265$52,100

Median home value

$89,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$848$984

Kilgore

Population

14,82713,444

Median household income

$56,715$58,141

Median home value

$122,200$154,600

Median gross rent

$833$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladewater	Kilgore
Under 5	9.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.4%
75 and over	7.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladewater	Kilgore
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	50.7%
Black or African American	21.2%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladewater	Kilgore
No high school diploma	17.4%	19.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladewater	Kilgore
Drove alone	83.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladewater	Kilgore
1-unit, detached	80.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Gladewater	Kilgore
Poverty rate	27.2%	19.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1974	1972