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Population (year 2000): 4,799. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,141 (+7.1% change)
Males: 2,183 (45.5%), Females: 2,616 (54.5%)
Upshur County
Zip code:
75644
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $28,487 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,200 (year 2000)
Races in Gilmer:
- White Non-Hispanic (73.9%)
- Black (20.2%)
- Hispanic (4.4%)
- Other race (1.9%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
Ancestries: Irish (9.9%), United States (9.7%),
English (9.3%), German (7.5%), French (2.3%), Scottish (1.6%).
Land area: 4.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gilmer
- High school or higher: 75.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gilmer city
- Never married: 18.1%
- Now married: 53.0%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 13.3%
- Divorced: 12.6%
2.3% Foreign born (2.0% Latin America, 0.3%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -73 (-1.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gilmer:
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER PITTSBURG (about 17 miles;
PITTSBURG, TX)
- LONGVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles;
LONGVIEW, TX)
- GOOD SHEPHERD MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles;
LONGVIEW, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gilmer:
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 30 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 41 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- COX FLD (about 72 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gilmer:
- FOX STEPHENS FIELD - GILMER MUNI (about 4 miles;
GILMER, TX; ID: 4F4)
- GLADEWATER MUNI (about 15 miles; GLADEWATER, TX; ID:
07F)
- MOUNT PLEASANT RGNL (about 25 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT,
TX; ID: OSA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gilmer:
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 25 miles; KILGORE, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,814)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 36 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 37 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles;
NACOGDOCHES, TX; FT enrollment: 10,217)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 76 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
- BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
BOSSIER CITY, LA; FT enrollment: 2,743)
Public high school in Gilmer:
- GILMER H S (Students: 633; Location: 500 SO
TRINITY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Gilmer:
- GILMER EL (Students: 625; Location: 500 SO
TRINITY; Grades: PK - 02)
- BRUCE J H (Students: 539; Location: 500 SO
TRINITY; Grades: 06 - 08)
- GILMER INT (Students: 479; Location: 500 SO
TRINITY; Grades: 03 - 05)
- UNION HILL H S (Students: 202; Location: 2197
FM 2088; Grades: 06 - 12)
- SHARON A RICHARDSON EL (Students: 147;
Location: 2197 FM 2088; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Gilmer:
- MORRIS KINDERGARTEN (Students: 31; Location:
508 BUFFALO; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Gilmer:
- UPSHUR COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$174,442; Location: 702 W TYLER ST; 82,986 books; 1,424
audio materials; 585 video materials; 82 serial
subscriptions)
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