Bandera County vs Gaines County

A side-by-side comparison of Bandera County and Gaines County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bandera County and Gaines County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gaines County has the higher population (21,904 vs 21,589 in Bandera County). Gaines County has the higher median household income ($76,605 vs $69,703 in Bandera County). Bandera County has the higher median home value ($249,800 vs $185,300 in Gaines County).

Population, income & housing

	Bandera County	Gaines County
Population	21,589	21,904
Median age	53.4 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,703	$76,605
Median home value	$249,800	$185,300
Median gross rent	$998	$788
Housing units	11,507	7,661
Homeownership rate	86.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bandera County	Gaines County
Population	22,215 → 21,589 (-2.8%)	20,706 → 21,904 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$58,661 → $69,703 (+18.8%)	$63,054 → $76,605 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$174,200 → $249,800 (+43.4%)	$150,900 → $185,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $998 (+11.3%)	$722 → $788 (+9.1%)

Bandera County

Population

22,21521,589

Median household income

$58,661$69,703

Median home value

$174,200$249,800

Median gross rent

$897$998

Gaines County

Population

20,70621,904

Median household income

$63,054$76,605

Median home value

$150,900$185,300

Median gross rent

$722$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bandera County	Gaines County
Under 5	4.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	25.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	18.3%	5.6%
75 and over	11.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bandera County	Gaines County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	56.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bandera County	Gaines County
No high school diploma	8.1%	41.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bandera County	Gaines County
Drove alone	79.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bandera County	Gaines County
1-unit, detached	67.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Bandera County	Gaines County
Poverty rate	16.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.37	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	40	24
Median year structure built	1996	1985