Mineral Wells vs Mingus

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

Mineral Wells and Mingus 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 312 in Mingus). Mineral Wells has the higher median household income ($54,210 vs $42,083 in Mingus). Mineral Wells has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $80,000 in Mingus).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
Population	15,130	312
Median age	36.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,210	$42,083
Median home value	$146,100	$80,000
Median gross rent	$1,004	$1,188
Housing units	6,244	133
Homeownership rate	54.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
Population	15,096 → 15,130 (+0.2%)	213 → 312 (+46.5%)
Median household income	$42,052 → $54,210 (+28.9%)	$25,982 → $42,083 (+62.0%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $146,100 (+55.9%)	$56,000 → $80,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,004 (+24.3%)	$1,083 → $1,188 (+9.7%)

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

Mingus

Population

213312

Median household income

$25,982$42,083

Median home value

$56,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
Under 5	6.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	20.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	81.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
No high school diploma	19.4%	21.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
Drove alone	80.4%	69.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.3%
Other means	2.0%	17.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
1-unit, detached	68.0%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Wells	Mingus
Poverty rate	20.8%	20.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1966	1969