Crane County vs Mills County

A side-by-side comparison of Crane County and Mills County: population, income, housing, and more.

Crane County and Mills County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crane County has the higher population (4,623 vs 4,499 in Mills County). Mills County has the higher median household income ($64,494 vs $59,915 in Crane County). Mills County has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $119,900 in Crane County).

Population, income & housing

	Crane County	Mills County
Population	4,623	4,499
Median age	36.7 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,915	$64,494
Median home value	$119,900	$200,200
Median gross rent	$883	$713
Housing units	1,829	2,614
Homeownership rate	81.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crane County	Mills County
Population	4,802 → 4,623 (-3.7%)	4,889 → 4,499 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$65,969 → $59,915 (-9.2%)	$49,306 → $64,494 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $119,900 (+19.4%)	$140,200 → $200,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $883 (+5.7%)	$624 → $713 (+14.3%)

Crane County

Population

4,8024,623

Median household income

$65,969$59,915

Median home value

$100,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$835$883

Mills County

Population

4,8894,499

Median household income

$49,306$64,494

Median home value

$140,200$200,200

Median gross rent

$624$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crane County	Mills County
Under 5	6.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.5%
75 and over	5.3%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crane County	Mills County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	76.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	68.4%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crane County	Mills County
No high school diploma	24.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	41.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crane County	Mills County
Drove alone	85.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crane County	Mills County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Crane County	Mills County
Poverty rate	8.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1976	1977