Mills vs Vista West

A side-by-side comparison of Mills and Vista West: population, income, housing, and more.

Mills and Vista West 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 917 in Vista West). Vista West has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $55,594 in Mills). Vista West has the higher median home value ($382,500 vs $166,800 in Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Mills	Vista West
Population	4,315	917
Median age	37.5 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,594	$96,250
Median home value	$166,800	$382,500
Median gross rent	$1,047	—
Housing units	2,011	415
Homeownership rate	74.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mills	Vista West
Population	3,919 → 4,315 (+10.1%)	856 → 917 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$46,240 → $55,594 (+20.2%)	$102,188 → $96,250 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $166,800 (+48.8%)	$346,400 → $382,500 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,047 (+27.5%)	—

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

Vista West

Population

856917

Median household income

$102,188$96,250

Median home value

$346,400$382,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mills	Vista West
Under 5	4.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	1.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	21.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.9%	26.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	18.1%
75 and over	3.9%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mills	Vista West
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	5.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mills	Vista West
No high school diploma	12.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mills	Vista West
Drove alone	81.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	11.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mills	Vista West
1-unit, detached	52.5%	98.8%
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%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mills	Vista West
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1978	1978