Cockrell Hill vs Wilmer

A side-by-side comparison of Cockrell Hill and Wilmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Cockrell Hill and Wilmer are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilmer has the higher population (5,876 vs 3,736 in Cockrell Hill). Wilmer has the higher median household income ($58,837 vs $53,788 in Cockrell Hill). Cockrell Hill has the higher median home value ($174,400 vs $111,200 in Wilmer).

Population, income & housing

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
Population	3,736	5,876
Median age	35.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,788	$58,837
Median home value	$174,400	$111,200
Median gross rent	$1,058	$1,349
Housing units	1,292	2,081
Homeownership rate	66.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
Population	4,240 → 3,736 (-11.9%)	4,383 → 5,876 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$44,777 → $53,788 (+20.1%)	$46,765 → $58,837 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $174,400 (+76.2%)	$56,800 → $111,200 (+95.8%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,058 (+44.1%)	$921 → $1,349 (+46.5%)

Cockrell Hill

Population

4,2403,736

Median household income

$44,777$53,788

Median home value

$99,000$174,400

Median gross rent

$734$1,058

Wilmer

Population

4,3835,876

Median household income

$46,765$58,837

Median home value

$56,800$111,200

Median gross rent

$921$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
Under 5	6.5%	9.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	21.9%
Black or African American	4.1%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	83.2%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
No high school diploma	33.7%	34.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
Drove alone	83.4%	93.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
1-unit, detached	81.8%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	10.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Cockrell Hill	Wilmer
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.2%
Average household size	3.23	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1954	2007