Mills vs Red Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Mills and Red Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

Mills and Red Butte are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mills has the higher population (4,315 vs 799 in Red Butte). Red Butte has the higher median home value ($374,300 vs $166,800 in Mills). Since 2019, Mills's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs -2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mills	Red Butte
Population	4,315	799
Median age	37.5 yrs	15.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,594	—
Median home value	$166,800	$374,300
Median gross rent	$1,047	—
Housing units	2,011	228
Homeownership rate	74.4%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mills	Red Butte
Population	3,919 → 4,315 (+10.1%)	815 → 799 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$46,240 → $55,594 (+20.2%)	$81,250 → $177,631 (+118.6%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $166,800 (+48.8%)	$288,300 → $374,300 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,047 (+27.5%)	$1,119 → $1,018 (-9.0%)

Mills

Population

3,9194,315

Median household income

$46,240$55,594

Median home value

$112,100$166,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,047

Red Butte

Population

815799

Median household income

$81,250$177,631

Median home value

$288,300$374,300

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mills	Red Butte
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	46.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	3.1%
35 to 44	21.0%	26.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	3.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.3%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mills	Red Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	98.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mills	Red Butte
No high school diploma	12.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mills	Red Butte
Drove alone	81.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	22.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mills	Red Butte
1-unit, detached	52.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mills	Red Butte
Poverty rate	10.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1978	1950