Gilmer vs Ore City

A side-by-side comparison of Gilmer and Ore City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilmer has the higher population (4,955 vs 965 in Ore City). Ore City has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $41,279 in Gilmer). Gilmer has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $97,400 in Ore City).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer	Ore City
Population	4,955	965
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,279	$69,167
Median home value	$160,700	$97,400
Median gross rent	$993	$1,153
Housing units	2,097	373
Homeownership rate	51.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer	Ore City
Population	5,105 → 4,955 (-2.9%)	1,071 → 965 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$36,263 → $41,279 (+13.8%)	$37,500 → $69,167 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $160,700 (+35.7%)	$78,000 → $97,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $993 (+46.2%)	$788 → $1,153 (+46.3%)

Gilmer

Population

5,1054,955

Median household income

$36,263$41,279

Median home value

$118,400$160,700

Median gross rent

$679$993

Ore City

Population

1,071965

Median household income

$37,500$69,167

Median home value

$78,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$788$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer	Ore City
Under 5	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	28.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	5.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.2%
75 and over	8.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer	Ore City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	50.6%
Black or African American	17.6%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	4.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer	Ore City
No high school diploma	14.7%	29.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer	Ore City
Drove alone	90.2%	88.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer	Ore City
1-unit, detached	64.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer	Ore City
Poverty rate	22.9%	18.0%
Average household size	2.62	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1973	1977