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Gainesville, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gainesville, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 26,120. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet GAINESVILLE-TX · Gainesville, TX 1 ZIPs · 26,120 pop · #12603/25278 · Cooke County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $71,502
  • RANK-MID #12603/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Myra
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 26,120
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $227,100

Nearest income peer: Myra, TX ( $1,550 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Gainesville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gainesville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Gainesville, TX sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
26,120
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,502
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 76240 (26,120 residents). Household income $71,502 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gainesville as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Montalba is the closest lower-income city and Del Valle the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gainesville.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 76240, is all of Gainesville

There is no split to weigh here: 76240 holds every one of Gainesville's 26,120 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Gainesville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 698 establishments, 10,253 employees , annual payroll $564,182k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 76240 (698 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (118) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Gainesville, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Cooke County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gainesville. See the Cooke County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Cooke County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gainesville, Valley View, Muenster and Lindsay among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Rosston marks the far end of that range at $178,182, 149% above Gainesville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
76240 26,120 $71,502 698 27
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Gainesville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Gainesville, .