Gillespie County, Texas (TX)

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• • 19,88774.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,35723.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4321.6%Two or more races
  • 920.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 340.1%Asian alone
  • 270.1%Some other race alone
  • 210.08%Black Non-Hispanic Alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 33
• Thefts: 83
• Auto thefts: 4

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 27
• Thefts: 79
• Auto thefts: 6

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,698 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,829 (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: 90.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,821 (37.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8062010 or later
• 6182000 to 2009
• 4631990 to 1999
• 5491980 to 1989
• 2321970 to 1979
• 228Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,624
• One, attached: 141
• Two: 45
• 3 or 4: 481
• 5 to 9: 310
• 10 to 19: 65
• 20 to 49: 92
• 50 or more: 173
• Mobile homes: 1,527
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22

Housing units in Gillespie County with a mortgage: 2,909 (50 second mortgage, 140 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,149

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.

7.28% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($130,005 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.70% relocated from other counties in Texas ($115,107 average AGI)
1.58% relocated from other states ($14,898 average AGI)

Gillespie County:	1.58%
Texas average:	2.52%

from Kerr County, TX	0.76% ($72,108 average AGI)
from Travis County, TX	0.59% ($98,308)
from Bexar County, TX	0.55% ($56,617)
from Harris County, TX	0.30% ($216,212)
from Dallas County, TX	0.23% ($102,560)
from Kendall County, TX	0.21% ($31,609)
from Williamson County, TX	0.18% ($73,200)

5.72% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($62,099 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.56% relocated to other counties in Texas ($51,172 average AGI)
1.16% relocated to other states ($10,925 average AGI)

Gillespie County:	1.16%
Texas average:	2.32%

to Kerr County, TX	0.82% ($47,830 average AGI)
to Bexar County, TX	0.64% ($46,478)
to Travis County, TX	0.39% ($35,667)
to Kendall County, TX	0.30% ($62,875)

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: 13.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.3

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: 5,505 (1,222 living alone), Female householders: 5,512 (2,162 living alone)

• 5,981 spouses (5,893 opposite-sex spouses), 344 unmarried partners, (344 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,872 children (6,463 natural, 46 adopted, 359 stepchildren), 866 grandchildren, 130 brothers or sisters, 267 parents, 0 foster children, 903 other relatives, 390 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 328

Size of family households: 4,398 2-persons, 1,285 3-persons, 838 4-persons, 393 5-persons, 286 6-persons, 169 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,386 1-person, 211 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 24 4-persons.

3,269 married couples with children.
1,022 single-parent households (106 men, 916 women).

81.4% of residents of Gillespie speak English at home.
15.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% 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
• 1,0632014 or later
• 4972010 to 2013
• 2,3822000 to 2009
• 2,7321990 to 1999
• 1,8431980 to 1989
• 1,5011970 to 1979
• 7971960 to 1969
• 8181950 to 1959
• 3051940 to 1949
• 1,5681939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Gillespie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Gillespie County, Texas
• 481 room
• 772 rooms
• 583 rooms
• 8454 rooms
• 1,7645 rooms
• 1,8616 rooms
• 1,4127 rooms
• 8838 rooms
• 1,0199+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gillespie County, Texas
• 2171 room
• 1182 rooms
• 4453 rooms
• 7464 rooms
• 5845 rooms
• 4486 rooms
• 1887 rooms
• 1428 rooms
• 1439+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Gillespie County, Texas

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Gillespie County, Texas
• 48no bedroom
• 1951 bedroom
• 1,4822 bedrooms
• 5,0273 bedrooms
• 9094 bedrooms
• 2635+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Gillespie County, Texas
• 216no bedroom
• 4941 bedroom
• 1,2522 bedrooms
• 8993 bedrooms
• 1474 bedrooms
• 215+ 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
• 174no vehicle
• 1,6561 vehicle
• 3,7812 vehicles
• 1,6133 vehicles
• 4684 vehicles
• 2835+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Gillespie County in renter-occupied apartments
• 318no vehicle
• 1,5301 vehicle
• 8802 vehicles
• 1413 vehicles
• 1224 vehicles
• 475+ vehicles

86.4% of Gillespie County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Texas.

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

• This state: 17,748
• Other state: 6,343
• Northeast: 1,075
• Midwest: 1,842
• South: 1,848
• West: 1,573

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"