Mineola vs Quitman

A side-by-side comparison of Mineola and Quitman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineola has the higher population (4,956 vs 2,368 in Quitman). Quitman has the higher median household income ($61,387 vs $42,231 in Mineola). Mineola has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $179,100 in Quitman).

Population, income & housing

	Mineola	Quitman
Population	4,956	2,368
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,231	$61,387
Median home value	$205,600	$179,100
Median gross rent	$868	$1,047
Housing units	2,270	931
Homeownership rate	49.3%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineola	Quitman
Population	4,685 → 4,956 (+5.8%)	2,115 → 2,368 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$37,661 → $42,231 (+12.1%)	$47,824 → $61,387 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $205,600 (+126.7%)	$107,400 → $179,100 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $868 (+8.8%)	$757 → $1,047 (+38.3%)

Mineola

Population

4,6854,956

Median household income

$37,661$42,231

Median home value

$90,700$205,600

Median gross rent

$798$868

Quitman

Population

2,1152,368

Median household income

$47,824$61,387

Median home value

$107,400$179,100

Median gross rent

$757$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineola	Quitman
Under 5	4.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	13.4%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineola	Quitman
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	83.7%
Black or African American	10.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.4%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineola	Quitman
No high school diploma	9.4%	13.4%
High school graduate	21.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineola	Quitman
Drove alone	68.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineola	Quitman
1-unit, detached	67.5%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.1%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mineola	Quitman
Poverty rate	13.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1978	1974