Beckville vs Gary City

A side-by-side comparison of Beckville and Gary City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beckville has the higher population (776 vs 312 in Gary City). Beckville has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $36,528 in Gary City). Since 2019, Gary City's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Beckville	Gary City
Population	776	312
Median age	27.8 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,000	$36,528
Median home value	$110,200	—
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	287	128
Homeownership rate	57.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckville	Gary City
Population	964 → 776 (-19.5%)	261 → 312 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $49,000 (+27.5%)	$54,167 → $36,528 (-32.6%)
Median home value	$104,100 → $110,200 (+5.9%)	$84,700 → $137,500 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $870 (+11.0%)	$483 → $533 (+10.4%)

Beckville

Population

964776

Median household income

$38,438$49,000

Median home value

$104,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$784$870

Gary City

Population

261312

Median household income

$54,167$36,528

Median home value

$84,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$483$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckville	Gary City
Under 5	6.3%	14.1%
5 to 17	29.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	21.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	4.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.5%
75 and over	3.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckville	Gary City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	16.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckville	Gary City
No high school diploma	22.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckville	Gary City
Drove alone	68.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckville	Gary City
1-unit, detached	49.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Beckville	Gary City
Poverty rate	13.5%	26.6%
Average household size	3.21	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1978	1975