Freestone County vs Gonzales County

A side-by-side comparison of Freestone County and Gonzales County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Freestone County has the higher population (19,813 vs 19,764 in Gonzales County). Gonzales County has the higher median household income ($59,355 vs $58,460 in Freestone County). Freestone County has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $158,900 in Gonzales County).

Population, income & housing

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
Population	19,813	19,764
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,460	$59,355
Median home value	$164,400	$158,900
Median gross rent	$844	$837
Housing units	9,101	8,976
Homeownership rate	74.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
Population	19,714 → 19,813 (+0.5%)	20,731 → 19,764 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $58,460 (+18.2%)	$53,577 → $59,355 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $164,400 (+47.0%)	$121,300 → $158,900 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $844 (+16.4%)	$725 → $837 (+15.4%)

Freestone County

Population

19,71419,813

Median household income

$49,471$58,460

Median home value

$111,800$164,400

Median gross rent

$725$844

Gonzales County

Population

20,73119,764

Median household income

$53,577$59,355

Median home value

$121,300$158,900

Median gross rent

$725$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
Under 5	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.2%
75 and over	8.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	41.0%
Black or African American	14.7%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
No high school diploma	13.4%	23.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
Drove alone	83.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Freestone County	Gonzales County
Poverty rate	14.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1988	1982