Valley Mills vs Walnut Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Valley Mills and Walnut Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Valley Mills and Walnut Springs are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley Mills has the higher population (1,183 vs 792 in Walnut Springs). Valley Mills has the higher median household income ($42,188 vs $39,464 in Walnut Springs). Valley Mills has the higher median home value ($129,700 vs $69,100 in Walnut Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
Population	1,183	792
Median age	29.7 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$39,464
Median home value	$129,700	$69,100
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,175
Housing units	459	406
Homeownership rate	60.3%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
Population	1,302 → 1,183 (-9.1%)	828 → 792 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$56,979 → $42,188 (-26.0%)	$33,155 → $39,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $129,700 (+63.4%)	$69,300 → $69,100 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,150 (+17.9%)	$813 → $1,175 (+44.5%)

Valley Mills

Population

1,3021,183

Median household income

$56,979$42,188

Median home value

$79,400$129,700

Median gross rent

$975$1,150

Walnut Springs

Population

828792

Median household income

$33,155$39,464

Median home value

$69,300$69,100

Median gross rent

$813$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
Under 5	10.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	19.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.7%
75 and over	2.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	54.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
No high school diploma	14.0%	23.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
Drove alone	87.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
1-unit, detached	88.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Valley Mills	Walnut Springs
Poverty rate	12.3%	20.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1959	1988