Gillespie County, Texas (TX)

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• • 19,46371.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,80224.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7212.6%Two or more races
  • 950.3%Some other race alone
  • 870.3%Asian alone
  • 810.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 360.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $603,451

Here:	$603,451
State:	$369,058

Townhouses or other attached units: $951,633

Here:	$951,633
State:	$327,631

Mobile homes: $157,381

Here:	$157,381
State:	$124,413

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $78,767

Here:	$78,767
State:	$73,921

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 10
• Thefts: 14
• Auto thefts: 3

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 8
• Thefts: 20
• Auto thefts: 2

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $4,960 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,771 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Gillespie County is $478 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $628 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $870 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fredericksburg, Harper, Stonewall.

Neighboring counties: St. Martin Parish, Louisiana , Lowndes County, Georgia , Grimes County , Kendall County , Washington County .

Current college students: 397
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 35.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,741 (37.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,1702010 or later
• 4252000 to 2009
• 4551990 to 1999
• 5491980 to 1989
• 2321970 to 1979
• 228Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,029
• One, attached: 236
• Two: 79
• 3 or 4: 523
• 5 to 9: 364
• 10 to 19: 195
• 20 to 49: 110
• 50 or more: 237
• Mobile homes: 1,767
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in Gillespie County with a mortgage: 3,399 (157 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 100 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51

Religion statistics for Gillespie County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Gillespie County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Texas Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4485, Natural disaster type: Other
• Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2015 to June 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4223: May 29, 2015, FEMA Id: 4223, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Texas Wildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 01, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3284: March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1606: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3261: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3216: September 02, 2005, FEMA Id: 3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Texas Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 29, 2002 to July 31, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1425: July 04, 2002, FEMA Id: 1425, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Texas Extreme Fire Hazards, Incident Period: August 01, 1999 to December 10, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3142: September 01, 1999, FEMA Id: 3142, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Texas Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 1997 to July 15, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1179: July 07, 1997, FEMA Id: 1179, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Texas Extreme Fire Hazard, Incident Period: August 30, 1993 to November 15, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3113: September 10, 1993, FEMA Id: 3113, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.09% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($144,887 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.88% relocated from other counties in Texas ($102,916 average AGI)
2.21% relocated from other states ($41,972 average AGI)

Gillespie County:	2.21%
Texas average:	2.83%

from Kerr County, TX	0.96% ($60,779 average AGI)
from Travis County, TX	0.79% ($202,839)
from Bexar County, TX	0.68% ($92,275)
from Harris County, TX	0.51% ($234,183)
from Kendall County, TX	0.32% ($31,784)
from Hays County, TX	0.31% ($72,750)
from Dallas County, TX	0.20% ($166,958)

6.60% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($60,871 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.26% relocated to other counties in Texas ($48,771 average AGI)
1.34% relocated to other states ($12,101 average AGI)

Gillespie County:	1.34%
Texas average:	2.08%

to Kerr County, TX	1.09% ($72,976 average AGI)
to Bexar County, TX	0.69% ($72,772)
to Travis County, TX	0.30% ($13,500)
to Kendall County, TX	0.25% ($135,429)
to Llano County, TX	0.18% ($57,286)
to Blanco County, TX	0.18% ($14,400)
to Harris County, TX	0.18% ($78,050)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Gillespie County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,452 (1,313 living alone), Female householders: 6,217 (2,089 living alone)

• 6,482 spouses (6,439 opposite-sex spouses), 376 unmarried partners, (376 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,494 children (6,150 natural, 114 adopted, 229 stepchildren), 998 grandchildren, 193 brothers or sisters, 274 parents, 0 foster children, 433 other relatives, 546 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 336

Size of family households: 4,472 2-persons, 1,118 3-persons, 997 4-persons, 508 5-persons, 367 6-persons, 227 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,402 1-person, 559 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 49 4-persons.

3,557 married couples with children.
822 single-parent households (358 men, 464 women).

83.1% of residents of Gillespie speak English at home.
14.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $130,498,000 ($5,799 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,969,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $84,894,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $30,249,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $940,000
Federal grants: $8,081,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,762,000 ($909,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,571,000 ($426,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $663,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,198,000
Federal Government insurance: $18,884,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.60 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Gillespie County, Texas
• 1392020 or later
• 2,5422010 to 2019
• 2,5192000 to 2009
• 2,2151990 to 1999
• 1,8691980 to 1989
• 1,9791970 to 1979
• 6381960 to 1969
• 6421950 to 1959
• 2871940 to 1949
• 1,4471939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Gillespie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gillespie County, Texas
• 881 room
• 1532 rooms
• 1423 rooms
• 7424 rooms
• 1,6325 rooms
• 1,7986 rooms
• 1,3447 rooms
• 1,0688 rooms
• 1,1949+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gillespie County, Texas
• 2351 room
• 2992 rooms
• 3673 rooms
• 8234 rooms
• 8875 rooms
• 2826 rooms
• 2887 rooms
• 1648 rooms
• 1769+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Gillespie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Gillespie County, Texas
• 98no bedroom
• 3181 bedroom
• 1,4502 bedrooms
• 4,4723 bedrooms
• 1,3074 bedrooms
• 4955+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gillespie County, Texas
• 234no bedroom
• 4491 bedroom
• 1,5142 bedrooms
• 1,0183 bedrooms
• 2454 bedrooms
• 445+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Gillespie County, Texas in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Gillespie County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 199no vehicle
• 1,8311 vehicle
• 3,6212 vehicles
• 1,7563 vehicles
• 5454 vehicles
• 1995+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Gillespie County in renter-occupied apartments
• 464no vehicle
• 1,3611 vehicle
• 1,2992 vehicles
• 2483 vehicles
• 714 vehicles
• 575+ vehicles

85.8% of Gillespie County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Texas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 17,800
• Other state: 6,889
• Northeast: 1,032
• Midwest: 1,360
• South: 1,808
• West: 2,732

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 216
• Number of aged recipients: 42
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 174
• Number of recipients under 18: 29
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 122
• Number of recipients older than 64: 65
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 92
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 77

Gillespie County on our top lists:

• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"