MoundTX
The town, settled in 1882, counts 57 residents.
Is Mound a good place to live?
46% of households own their home in Mound, against 69% in Texas’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Mound has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
57 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mound.
About one in three of Mound’s working residents commute to Gatesville
The median commute is under 25 miles. The top destinations are Gatesville (31%), Austin (7%) and Houston (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Mound’s year
The peak summer temperature here in Mound is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Mound, with inland flooding at the top
Mound’s FEMA risk score works out to 36 of 100. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2007. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 45% come from inland flooding and 24% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Mound is
16% of adults smoke cigarettes in Mound. Of 31 CDC measures, Mound beats the Texas average on 6 and trails it on 6. Two figures for adults locally: 19% report frequent mental distress, 76% had a checkup this year.
| Mound | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mound | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.4% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.8% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mound
Moving to Mound: who provides what
Mound is unincorporated, so Coryell County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Mound for work
Where Mound’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mound; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Mound residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Mound
Place in Texas, United States
Mound is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Coryell County, Texas, United States. Its elevation is 692 feet (211 m). Although Mound is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76558. Mound was settled early in the 1850s, before most other communities in Coryell County; despite this, it did not receive a railroad line until 1882 or a post office until 1884. Although Mound was long a center of education (it was named for the local White Mound School), in 1971 its schools were merged into the Gatesville Independent School District. Today, FM 1829 passes through Mound. As of 2020, the population of Mound was 174.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 686 ft
- ZIP code
- 76558
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