Mineral Wells vs Strawn

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

Mineral Wells and Strawn 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 618 in Strawn). Mineral Wells has the higher median household income ($54,210 vs $48,036 in Strawn). Mineral Wells has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $72,500 in Strawn).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
Population	15,130	618
Median age	36.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,210	$48,036
Median home value	$146,100	$72,500
Median gross rent	$1,004	$602
Housing units	6,244	332
Homeownership rate	54.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
Population	15,096 → 15,130 (+0.2%)	784 → 618 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$42,052 → $54,210 (+28.9%)	$32,426 → $48,036 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $146,100 (+55.9%)	$56,500 → $72,500 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,004 (+24.3%)	$721 → $602 (-16.5%)

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

Strawn

Population

784618

Median household income

$32,426$48,036

Median home value

$56,500$72,500

Median gross rent

$721$602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
Under 5	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	22.8%
75 and over	6.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	56.1%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
No high school diploma	19.4%	20.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
Drove alone	80.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
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	Strawn
1-unit, detached	68.0%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Wells	Strawn
Poverty rate	20.8%	24.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1966	1965