20,040 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.8% since 2020)
1,067 square miles of land · 19 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Gonzales County in the area they serve, reporting 23,564 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GONZALES COUNTY WSC buys surface water · local government · TX0890006 | 10,350 served |
| CITY OF GONZALES surface water · local government · TX0890001 | 9,172 served |
| CITY OF NIXON groundwater · local government · TX0890002 | 2,378 served |
| CITY OF WAELDER groundwater · local government · TX0890003 | 970 served |
| CITY OF SMILEY groundwater · local government · TX0890004 | 458 served |
| WARM SPRINGS REHAB HOSPITAL groundwater · private · TX0890005 | 201 served |
| ACTS TABERNACLE groundwater · private · TX0890032 | 35 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 80 people were held in Gonzales County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 61.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Gonzales County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $36.4 million — $33.6 million to run schools, about $12,891 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $7.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $20 million.
Spent $18.6 million — $17 million to run schools, about $16,278 per student, plus $480,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $6.9 million — $4.6 million to run schools, about $15,741 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $357,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Gonzales County about $36.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
281 bridges in Gonzales County: 139 in good condition, 134 fair, and 8 poor (2.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 90A over PEACH CREEK WEST RELIEF · built 1938 | 3,995 vehicles a day |
| US 90A over PEACH CREEK EAST RELIEF · built 1938 | 3,995 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 302 over BLACK CREEK · built 1930 | 70 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 462 over SANDY FORK · built 1940 | 44 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 385 over CLEAR FORK · built 2011 | 32 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 210 over SANDIES CREEK · built 1992 | 26 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.9 million of work in Gonzales County in fiscal 2025, about $708 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Caldwell County (27 mi) · DeWitt County (27 mi) · Guadalupe County (29 mi) · Lavaca County (35 mi) · Wilson County (41 mi) · Karnes County (44 mi).