Cass County vs Gillespie County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Gillespie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cass County has the higher population (28,582 vs 27,202 in Gillespie County). Gillespie County has the higher median household income ($67,799 vs $54,328 in Cass County). Gillespie County has the higher median home value ($432,300 vs $133,500 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Gillespie County
Population	28,582	27,202
Median age	43.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,328	$67,799
Median home value	$133,500	$432,300
Median gross rent	$821	$1,331
Housing units	13,963	14,255
Homeownership rate	77.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Gillespie County
Population	30,059 → 28,582 (-4.9%)	26,459 → 27,202 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$44,848 → $54,328 (+21.1%)	$59,155 → $67,799 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,500 (+53.3%)	$286,900 → $432,300 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $821 (+36.6%)	$948 → $1,331 (+40.4%)

Cass County

Population

30,05928,582

Median household income

$44,848$54,328

Median home value

$87,100$133,500

Median gross rent

$601$821

Gillespie County

Population

26,45927,202

Median household income

$59,155$67,799

Median home value

$286,900$432,300

Median gross rent

$948$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Gillespie County
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.0%
75 and over	9.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Gillespie County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	16.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Gillespie County
No high school diploma	12.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	41.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Gillespie County
Drove alone	86.5%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Gillespie County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Gillespie County
Poverty rate	17.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1980	1991