Mineral Wells vs Santo

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

Mineral Wells and Santo 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 272 in Santo). Santo has the higher median household income ($101,705 vs $54,210 in Mineral Wells). Santo has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $146,100 in Mineral Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Wells	Santo
Population	15,130	272
Median age	36.7 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,210	$101,705
Median home value	$146,100	$149,500
Median gross rent	$1,004	—
Housing units	6,244	67
Homeownership rate	54.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Wells	Santo
Population	15,096 → 15,130 (+0.2%)	281 → 272 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$42,052 → $54,210 (+28.9%)	$62,984 → $101,705 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $146,100 (+55.9%)	$135,500 → $149,500 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,004 (+24.3%)	—

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

Santo

Population

281272

Median household income

$62,984$101,705

Median home value

$135,500$149,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Wells	Santo
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	38.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	22.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	4.0%
75 and over	6.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Wells	Santo
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	89.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Wells	Santo
No high school diploma	19.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	58.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Wells	Santo
Drove alone	80.4%	55.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	26.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	18.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Wells	Santo
1-unit, detached	68.0%	83.6%
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%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Wells	Santo
Poverty rate	20.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	4.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1966	1990