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Mineral Wells, TX

15,130 Population
20.4 square miles 741.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,047 ±$1,962 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $32,196 ±$1,793
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$54,210 ±$4,774 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $64,972 ±$5,357
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

20.8% ±3.7% (3,092  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 17% † 4,868 (±2.4% / ±700)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

27.6 minutes ±3.8 (162,510  ±25,141) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 29.2 322,815 (±2 / ±27,851)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

5,569 ±268 Number of households
  • the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 10,951 ±336
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.1 (14,860  ±94) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 2.6 28,638 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.3% ±3% (223  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 4.8% † 290 (±1.9% / ±116)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

6,244 ±280 Number of housing units
  • the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 15,147 ±49
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$146,100 ±$13,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: $167,300 ±$8,392
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

16.4% ±3.6% (2,449  ±541) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 14.3% † 4,091 (±2.7% / ±,781.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

80.6% ±4.9% (8,004  ±,548.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 86.1% 17,144 (±3.9% / ±,775.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
13.3% ±2.3% (1,322  ±,235.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 18.7% 3,717 (±1.8% / ±,365.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

7.8% ±1.6% (1,183  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 5.5% 1,602
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8.6% ±1.7% (991  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area: 8.4% † 1,863 (±1.2% / ±260)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
991 Total veterans ±200 898 Male ±174 93 Female ±62

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