The population of Gillespie county is estimated at 26,305. In 2017 there were 262 births and 366 deaths in Gillespie county. Gillespie county has 3,695 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,274 that are owned free and clear and 2,603 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Gillespie County filed 13,420 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Gillespie had a combined total federal tax liability of $188,162,000 on earned income of $989,127,000. Other notable statistics from Gillespie County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $793,000 and 2,850 charitable contributions valued at $26,506,000. 3,050 filings from Gillespie County paid a combined total of $18,357,000 in property taxes and 2,150 filings paid $19,738,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Gillespie county had 43 religious congregations with an estimated 14,872 members.
33.4% of the Gillespie population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 50% of Gillespie County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 588 votes.
At $58,412 the median income is 98.7% of the Texas average. An estimated 340 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Gillespie, the equivalant of around 2.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 2.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Gillespie County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,611	Health care and social assistance
1,490	Retail trade
1,472	Accommodation and food services
1,233	Food services and drinking places
1,202	Restaurants and other eating places
983	Full-service restaurants
544	Manufacturing
484	Nursing and residential care facilities
378	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
269	Other services (except public administration)
266	Offices of physicians
266	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
260	Finance and insurance
239	Accommodation
226	Traveler accommodation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.40% in Gillespie County.

In 2018 10.04% of listings in Gillespie County.

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