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Gillespie County, Texas

Gillespie County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #649 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #4 of 254 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), income adjusted for local prices (high) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), home price to income ratio (high) and cost of buying a home today (high).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #649 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #4 of 254 in TX
Population: 28,527 (2025)
Land area: 1,058 mi²
Density: 27.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 48171

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety81#579/3,096
Economy90#300/3,143
Housing4#3,019/3,140
Health90#303/3,144
Healthcare63#1,150/3,143
Environment75#778/3,108
Education71#919/3,144
Infrastructure80#614/3,144
Community62#1,194/3,144
Leisure & amenities74#816/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gillespie County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high34.5%
98/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Income adjusted for local prices · high$111,196
98/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Restaurants and bars · high26.6 /10k
98/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · high117 /100k
95/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public EV charging ports · high17.5 /10k
94/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Preventable hospital stays · low1,510 /100k
92/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.9%
3/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Home price to income ratio · high6.1×
5/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high44.8%
6/100Texas 30.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.497
7/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · high96 days
8/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Rent as share of income · high31.8%
14/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
26,768 (2020) → 28,527 (2025)
+6.6%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
65.8% (2010 & 2021) → 53.1% (2022 & 2024)
−13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
54.0% (2019) → 44.0% (2023)
−10 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.2% (2015-2019) → 89.1% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.1 /1k (2021) → 1.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$75,393 (2019) → $111,196 (2024)
+47%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Gillespie County, Texas improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Real income+47%$75,393 → $111,196
Household income+40%$62,143 → $86,869
Bachelor's++5 points32.2% → 37.2%
Property crime−38%575 /100k → 356 /100k
Broadband+9.9 points79.2% → 89.1%

Declined1

Price / income+1.2×4.8× → 6.0×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Gillespie County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.6 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	17%
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	35%
Average weekly wage	$8182020	$1,0102025	+23%	Improved	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%2015-2019	37.2%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	79.2%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	13.6%2019	12.7%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Distance to an airport	58 mi2020	58 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.1 /100k2020	11.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+8.9%	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	73%
Firearm deaths	16.4 /100k2020	16.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	4.8×2015-2019	6.0×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	5%
Homicide rate	4.9 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$75,3932019	$111,1962024	+47%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4972020-2024	+0.033	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$62,1432019	$86,8692024	+40%	Improved	95%
New business applications	13.9 /1k2020	15.6 /1k2025	+12%	Improved	15%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	8.5%2019	8.2%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Property crime rate	575 /100k2020	356 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	54%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	30.7%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	52.2%2015-2019	53.6%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Restaurants and bars	23.9 /10k2020	26.6 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	75%
Students per teacher	13.6×2019	13.4×2024	−0.2×	Little change	32%
Suicide rate	17.8 /100k2020	19.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	32%
Traffic deaths	28.7 /100k2015-2019	26.9 /100k2020-2024	−6.3%	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	3.1%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.2%2019	21.9%2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Violent crime rate	68 /100k2020	67 /100k2025	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Gillespie County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gillespie County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Gillespie County, Texas itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

27,524 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (−1.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

27,524 residents

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

White74%20,252
Black0.1%†31
Hispanic or Latino23%6,307
Asian0.4%†106
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†17
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.2%†45
Other or two or more races2.8%766

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+1.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

20,683 residents (±201)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma9.9%2,045
High school or GED25%5,250
Some college19%4,019
Associate degree8.1%1,678
Bachelor's degree23%4,811
Graduate degree14%2,880

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+4.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

11,513 households (±437)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k14%1,578
$25k–50k17%1,984
$50k–75k18%2,109
$75k–100k11%1,303
$100k–150k16%1,800
$150k–200k10%1,159
$200k or more14%1,580

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−8.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

11,513 households (±437)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Own75%8,624
Rent25%2,889

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,472 households (±386)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75013%†310
$750–1,00012%†308
$1,000–1,50044%1,091

Home values

8,624 homes (±416)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k14%1,191
$150k–250k8.2%†706
$250k–400k19%1,647

Age of homes

14,373 homes (±40)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later19%2,756
2000–200918%2,605
1980–199929%4,134

Size of homes

14,373 homes (±40)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Studio2.8%†402
1 bedroom7.9%1,132
2 bedrooms24%3,402

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

11,845 workers (±617)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%8,910
Carpool11%1,310
Public transit0.2%†22
Walk1.8%†216
Bike0.1%†12
Work from home11%1,346
Other0.2%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−5.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

10,499 workers (±590)

Gillespie County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min53%5,571
15–29 min25%2,672
30–44 min9.7%1,014

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fredericksburg, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Gillespie County has 1,202 employer establishments, 433 for every 10,000 residents (1.74× the US rate of 248; 1.98× Texas's), with 11,690 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,877. The Census Bureau also counts 4,455 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,202; 4,455 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 433; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 11,690
Average annual pay: $44,877; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gillespie County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	104	37.5	2.42×More than typical	801	$57,818	440
Restaurants and other eating places	84	30.3	1.65×More than typical	1,679	$28,301	17
Ambulatory health care services	83	29.9	1.43×More than typical	626	$75,177	123
Construction of buildings	58	20.9	2.76×More than typical	219	$62,525	223
Full-service restaurants	55	19.8	2.58×More than typical	1,223	$28,852	7
Lessors of real estate	51	18.4	1.49×More than typical	167	$50,144	543
Building equipment contractors	43	15.5	2.57×More than typical	300	$54,753	44
Offices of physicians	39	14	2.17×More than typical	308	$93,097	36
Traveler accommodation	37	13.3	7.38×More than typical	425	$31,092	200
Clothing and accessories stores	28	10.1	2.78×More than typical	290	$32,897	47
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	10.1	1.50×More than typical	142	$47,556	352
Religious organizations	26	9.4	1.69×More than typical	205	$26,980	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,766 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $21.9M on contracts performed in Gillespie County, Texas: $766 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $21.9M; +32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $766; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$15.1M69%
Defense Logistics Agency$5.8M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $259.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gillespie County, Texas: $9,106 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $259.8M; −2.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,106; US $12,955
Loan face value: $12.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$196.3M76%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$21.4M8.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$13M5.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$8M3.1%
10.931 · Agricultural Conservation Easement Program$2.5M1.0%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$2.5M1.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$2M0.8%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.9M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.1M1.2%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST$2.5M1.0%
SAN ANTONIO, TX
WEAVER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$534K0.2%
FREDERICKSBURG, TX
WHITE GHOST RANCH INC$247.9K0.1%
FREDERICKSBURG, TX
TORRENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$244.7K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$219M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.4M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$6.7M2.6%
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency$4.3M1.7%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

194.9MFY2021
208.1MFY2022
225.8MFY2023
231MFY2024
266.9MFY2025
259.8MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Gillespie County, Texas

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Gillespie County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Gillespie County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$82.34	$1,436
FY2018	$127	$1,552
FY2019	$105	$1,654
FY2020	$214	$1,880
FY2021	$644	$1,810
FY2022	$622	$1,917
FY2023	$551	$2,079
FY2024	$217	$2,047
FY2025	$580	$2,165
FY2026	$766 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$1.17	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$303	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$753	$5,748
FY2022	$1,165	$5,221
FY2023	$961	$5,364
FY2024	$303	$5,501
FY2025	$951	$5,732
FY2026	$854

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$17.72	$298
FY2022	$408	$357
FY2023	$347	$301
FY2024	$6.25	$319
FY2025	$76.26	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$14.14	$239
FY2022	$13.02	$185
FY2023	$16.71	$229
FY2024	$8.48	$229
FY2025	$18.33	$249
FY2026	$17.08

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$87.65	$2,304
FY2022	$80.09	$2,197
FY2023	$59.61	$2,274
FY2024	$76.94	$2,267
FY2025	-$0.00	$2,397
FY2026	-$30.51

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,356	$1,186
FY2022	$313	$465
FY2023	$239	$76.52
FY2024	$101	$120
FY2025	$243	$148
FY2026	$181

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Gillespie County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Gillespie County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2021

$303 per resident in FY2021, against an earlier average of $0.29 (1,040× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Gillespie County, Texas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48171

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Gillespie County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Chip RoyR-TX-21 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 5.6%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Gillespie County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fredericksburg, TX74Central county

Cities and towns in Gillespie County

Places whose residents live mostly in Gillespie County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
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Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	−7.7%	−4.2%
2015	−3.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+16.5%	+19.4%
2021	+23.2%	+26.1%
2022	+29.1%	+30.6%
2023	+33.3%	+35.0%
2024	+36.2%	+41.0%
2025	+43.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.3%	−5.5%
2015	+0.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.4%	+4.1%
2018	+13.1%	+8.9%
2019	+21.6%	+13.5%
2020	+37.4%	+20.8%
2021	+44.0%	+32.1%
2022	+58.3%	+35.4%
2023	+68.8%	+42.9%
2024	+75.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	1.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	−10.2%	−6.9%
2015	−7.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.6%	+4.7%
2018	+4.5%	+7.5%
2019	+5.7%	+14.0%
2020	+9.5%	+16.9%
2021	+21.8%	+21.0%
2022	+31.0%	+29.7%
2023	+29.7%	+34.9%
2024	+47.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	−15.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+12.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+20.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+64.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+70.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+70.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+65.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	3.6%	6.2%
2015	2.9%	5.3%
2016	3.1%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	5.3%	8.1%
2021	3.8%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	12.5%	15.5%
2015	10.4%	14.7%
2016	9.8%	14.0%
2017	10.9%	13.4%
2018	9.6%	13.1%
2019	8.5%	12.3%
2020	9.2%	11.9%
2021	8.8%	12.8%
2022	9.6%	12.6%
2023	10.0%	12.5%
2024	8.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	24.7%	13.5%
2015	23.0%	10.9%
2016	23.6%	10.0%
2017	23.8%	10.2%
2018	22.1%	10.4%
2019	24.2%	10.8%
2020	23.9%	10.4%
2021	23.8%	10.2%
2022	24.7%	9.5%
2023	21.5%	9.5%
2024	21.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Gillespie County, Texas	United States
2014	10.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	13.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	13.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	16.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Gillespie County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+5.9 points	+6.3 points	+5.0 points to +6.8 points
Year −2	+5.9 points	+3.6 points	+2.5 points to +6.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+10.0 points	+5.3 points	+1.6 points to +9.0 points
Year +1	+10.4 points	+7.5 points	+2.8 points to +12.3 points
Year +2	+5.5 points	+4.9 points	+2.4 points to +7.0 points

Year	Gillespie County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+5.9 points	+5.4 points	+3.7 points to +7.6 points
Year −2	+5.9 points	+4.5 points	+2.6 points to +6.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+10.0 points	+6.3 points	+2.3 points to +8.9 points
Year +1	+10.4 points	+6.9 points	+2.8 points to +11.8 points
Year +2	+5.5 points

Year	Gillespie County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.1 points	−3.3 points	−4.3 points to −2.4 points
Year −2	−10.0 points	−10.1 points	−11.9 points to −8.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.4 points	−3.3 points	−6.2 points to +0.1 points
Year +1	−4.5 points	−5.4 points	−8.0 points to −2.0 points
Year +2	−4.5 points

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Improved8

Declined1

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