Gonzales County vs Jones County

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

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

Jones County has the higher population (19,968 vs 19,764 in Gonzales County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $59,355 in Gonzales County). Gonzales County has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $92,700 in Jones County).

Population, income & housing

	Gonzales County	Jones County
Population	19,764	19,968
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,355	$63,472
Median home value	$158,900	$92,700
Median gross rent	$837	$938
Housing units	8,976	7,060
Homeownership rate	69.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gonzales County	Jones County
Population	20,731 → 19,764 (-4.7%)	19,943 → 19,968 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$53,577 → $59,355 (+10.8%)	$50,344 → $63,472 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $158,900 (+31.0%)	$82,400 → $92,700 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $837 (+15.4%)	$727 → $938 (+29.0%)

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

Jones County

Population

19,94319,968

Median household income

$50,344$63,472

Median home value

$82,400$92,700

Median gross rent

$727$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gonzales County	Jones County
Under 5	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.9%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gonzales County	Jones County
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	56.3%
Black or African American	6.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	28.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gonzales County	Jones County
No high school diploma	23.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gonzales County	Jones County
Drove alone	83.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gonzales County	Jones County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Gonzales County	Jones County
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1982	1969