Cameron vs Gause

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Gause: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cameron has the higher population (5,385 vs 376 in Gause). Gause has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $112,800 in Cameron). Since 2019, Gause's population has grown faster (+45.7% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Gause
Population	5,385	376
Median age	34.4 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,126	—
Median home value	$112,800	$275,000
Median gross rent	$942	—
Housing units	1,942	159
Homeownership rate	55.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Gause
Population	5,489 → 5,385 (-1.9%)	258 → 376 (+45.7%)
Median household income	$37,448 → $57,126 (+52.5%)	$21,908 → $21,799 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $112,800 (+41.0%)	$136,500 → $275,000 (+101.5%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $942 (+47.0%)	—

Cameron

Population

5,4895,385

Median household income

$37,448$57,126

Median home value

$80,000$112,800

Median gross rent

$641$942

Gause

Population

258376

Median household income

$21,908$21,799

Median home value

$136,500$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Gause
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	27.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	21.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	1.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.3%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Gause
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	75.3%
Black or African American	21.8%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Gause
No high school diploma	21.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Gause
Drove alone	78.7%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Gause
1-unit, detached	71.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Gause
Poverty rate	25.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1973	1938