Graford vs Mineral Wells

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

Graford 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 632 in Graford). Graford has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $54,210 in Mineral Wells). Mineral Wells has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $106,700 in Graford).

Population, income & housing

	Graford	Mineral Wells
Population	632	15,130
Median age	34.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$54,210
Median home value	$106,700	$146,100
Median gross rent	$875	$1,004
Housing units	246	6,244
Homeownership rate	84.9%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graford	Mineral Wells
Population	639 → 632 (-1.1%)	15,096 → 15,130 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$54,265 → $57,917 (+6.7%)	$42,052 → $54,210 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $106,700 (+70.2%)	$93,700 → $146,100 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $875 (-10.3%)	$808 → $1,004 (+24.3%)

Graford

Population

639632

Median household income

$54,265$57,917

Median home value

$62,700$106,700

Median gross rent

$975$875

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)

	Graford	Mineral Wells
Under 5	8.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	25.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graford	Mineral Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	62.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graford	Mineral Wells
No high school diploma	9.0%	19.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graford	Mineral Wells
Drove alone	88.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graford	Mineral Wells
1-unit, detached	54.5%	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	45.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Graford	Mineral Wells
Poverty rate	15.5%	20.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1983	1966