GunterTX
A town of 2,574, settled in 1898. 3.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Texas town.
Trash day: TuesdayIs Gunter a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Gunter grades A− overall, 39th of 640 graded towns in Texas. It reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $120K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $651K, 9 years of the Sherman metro’s $72K median household income. Only 9 of Texas’ 791 towns score higher on civic life. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Only 5 of the 488 Texas towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Gunter.
What makes Gunter stand out
Where Gunter beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Gunter El | PK–4 | 413 |
| Gunter Middle | 5–8 | 375 |
| Gunter H S | 9–12 | 368 |
Gunter has grown 72% since 2010
1,498 counted in 2010 and 2,060 in 2020; an estimated 2,574 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 25.1% since 2020, after 37.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Gunter grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Gunter is from typical.
Its grades run from A for safety (better than 94% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Gunter: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gunter, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gunter.
Gunter has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas and has little public open land.
Gunter’s grade for cost of living is a D−
At 9 years of the Sherman metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $651K) costs more against local pay than in 97% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Home values rose 28% in five years, to about $651K, against 10% across Texas.
30% of Gunter renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent, below both Texas’ towns (51%) and U.S. towns (48%). The median rent in Gunter is $1,636 a month. The typical Gunter home is worth about $651,000, down 2.3% in a year, about twice the Texas typical home.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 30% | 51% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,636 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Gunter beat 83% of Texas districts
Its A− for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $651K.
Its public schools are run by Gunter ISD. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Gunter H S, with 368 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunter ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 413 | A− |
| Gunter H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 368 | A− |
| Gunter MiddleTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 375 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, property crime in Gunter is lower
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Gunter’s property crime rate is 1.5 per 1,000 residents, where Texas’ towns sit at 10.7 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On CDC estimates, Gunter is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 12.2% of its 1,385 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide. Against the 5,759 U.S. towns with household incomes like Gunter’s, it is healthier than 60%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Gunter beats the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of Gunter adults binge drink.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Gunter | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Gunter’s workers commute out
Jobs based here fell from 785 in 2013 to 582.
Most working residents leave Gunter for work: only 4% work in town. 2.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Gunter. Since 2013, Gunter has lost 203 jobs, to 582 in 2023.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 9.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Gunter has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.6°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.7°. The Gainesville 5 Ene weather station, 21 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 242 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Texas places with climate records.
Gunter has mild winters and hot summers. Gunter’s July high is 95°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Gunter faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gunter.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Younger than Texas overall
The median household earns $120,000, against $78,476 across Texas, one input to its A for jobs and income.
People 65 and older are 9% of residents (13% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). Gunter has grown 25% since 2020, to 2,574 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 8.8% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 36.1 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.2 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Gunter | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.4% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 17.8% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 15.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.2% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Gunter
Just 9 of its 12,459 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Gunter itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Gunter | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. College Hill Youth Sports | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Universal Kids Resort and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gunter. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
18 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Stadium
28 mi MuseumSouthfork Ranch
32 mi LakeLake Texoma
40 mi MuseumGeorge W. Bush Presidential Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaCredit Union of Texas Event CenterPhoto credits
Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Southfork Ranch: Sf46 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Texoma: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George W. Bush Presidential Center: Shannon McGee from Huntsville, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Credit Union of Texas Event Center: Dravecky, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Gunter
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gunter; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Gunter residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
96% of working residents leave Gunter for work
Where Gunter’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gunter
City in Texas, United States
Gunter is a city in the southwestern corner of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census, up from 1,498 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 705 ft
- ZIP code
- 75058
- Area code
- 903
Questions about Gunter
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gunter, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Gunter grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #39 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.