Gordon vs Mineral Wells

A side-by-side comparison of Gordon and Mineral Wells: population, income, housing, and more.

Gordon and Mineral Wells are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mineral Wells has the higher population (15,130 vs 460 in Gordon). Gordon has the higher median household income ($76,375 vs $54,210 in Mineral Wells). Gordon has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $146,100 in Mineral Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
Population	460	15,130
Median age	44.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,375	$54,210
Median home value	$154,500	$146,100
Median gross rent	$946	$1,004
Housing units	230	6,244
Homeownership rate	78.2%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
Population	400 → 460 (+15.0%)	15,096 → 15,130 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $76,375 (+76.3%)	$42,052 → $54,210 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $154,500 (+43.1%)	$93,700 → $146,100 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $946 (+10.5%)	$808 → $1,004 (+24.3%)

Gordon

Population

400460

Median household income

$43,333$76,375

Median home value

$108,000$154,500

Median gross rent

$856$946

Mineral Wells

Population

15,09615,130

Median household income

$42,052$54,210

Median home value

$93,700$146,100

Median gross rent

$808$1,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
Under 5	2.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	25.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
No high school diploma	6.4%	19.4%
High school graduate	32.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
Drove alone	78.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
1-unit, detached	86.5%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	Mineral Wells
Poverty rate	10.0%	20.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1966