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Population (year 2000): 451. Estimated
population in July 2005: 465 (+3.1% change)
Males: 200 (44.3%), Females: 251 (55.7%)
Palo Pinto County
Zip code:
76453
Median resident age: 41.4 years
Median household income: $33,056 (year 2000)
Median house value: $38,300 (year 2000)
Races in Gordon:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.9%)
- Hispanic (5.1%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (28.8%), Irish
(10.6%), English (7.8%), German (4.0%), Polish (2.2%),
Scotch-Irish (2.0%).
Elevation: 988 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gordon
- High school or higher: 78.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
- Unemployed: 1.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gordon city
- Never married: 19.1%
- Now married: 59.9%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 5.9%
2.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -14 (-3.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gordon:
- HARRIS METHODIST ERATH COUNTY (about 24 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX)
- PALO PINTO GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; MINERAL
WELLS, TX)
- EASTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles;
EASTLAND, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gordon:
- FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 67 miles;
FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
- FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (about 73 miles; FORT WORTH,
TX; ID: FTW)
- FORT WORTH ALLIANCE (about 79 miles; FORT WORTH, TX;
ID: AFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gordon:
- RANGER MUNI (about 22 miles; RANGER, TX; ID: F23)
- POSSUM KINGDOM (about 27 miles; GRAFORD, TX; ID:
F35)
- MINERAL WELLS (about 27 miles; MINERAL WELLS, TX;
ID: MWL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gordon:
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 74 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 76
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
- TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,403)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (about 86
miles; ARLINGTON, TX; FT enrollment: 15,467)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 92 miles; WICHITA
FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
Public primary/middle school in Gordon:
- GORDON SCHOOL (Students: 186; Location:
112-116 RUSK STS; Grades: KG - 12)
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