Gaines County vs Lampasas County

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

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

Lampasas County has the higher population (22,267 vs 21,904 in Gaines County). Lampasas County has the higher median household income ($76,919 vs $76,605 in Gaines County). Lampasas County has the higher median home value ($236,000 vs $185,300 in Gaines County).

Population, income & housing

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
Population	21,904	22,267
Median age	29.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,605	$76,919
Median home value	$185,300	$236,000
Median gross rent	$788	$961
Housing units	7,661	9,802
Homeownership rate	76.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
Population	20,706 → 21,904 (+5.8%)	20,862 → 22,267 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$63,054 → $76,605 (+21.5%)	$60,772 → $76,919 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $185,300 (+22.8%)	$161,600 → $236,000 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $788 (+9.1%)	$774 → $961 (+24.2%)

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

Lampasas County

Population

20,86222,267

Median household income

$60,772$76,919

Median home value

$161,600$236,000

Median gross rent

$774$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
Under 5	10.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.8%
75 and over	3.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	70.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.8%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
No high school diploma	41.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
Drove alone	71.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	19.4%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.2%
Other means	2.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Gaines County	Lampasas County
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1985	1989