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Mineral Wells, TX

15,244 Population
20.4 square miles 747.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 41.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,124 ±$1,709 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $32,739 ±$1,523
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,929 ±$5,217 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $67,674 ±$3,848
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.4% ±4.3% (3,372  ±640) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 16.8% † 4,858 (±2.5% / ±733)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±3.9 (161,920  ±25,168) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 28.7 314,210 (±2 / ±26,471)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,757 ±288 Number of households
  • the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 11,234 ±257
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (15,035  ±76) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 2.6 29,006 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±3.5% (239  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 6.5% † 405 (±2.1% / ±130)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,448 ±274 Number of housing units
  • the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 15,206 ±31
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,300 ±$10,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $198,000 † ±$21,808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±3.8% (2,244  ±572.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 12.9% † 3,745 (±2.8% / ±795.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.6% ±5.6% (8,157  ±616.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 87.3% 17,625 (±4.2% / ±860.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.6% ±2.4% (1,170  ±241) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 17.8% † 3,595 (±1.9% / ±382.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±1.6% (1,090  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 5.1% 1,494
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.6% (941  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 8.1% † 1,827 (±0.9% / ±203)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
941 Total veterans ±191 831 Male ±171 110 Female ±78

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