Kimble County vs Mills County

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

Kimble 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.

Mills County has the higher population (4,499 vs 4,355 in Kimble County). Kimble County has the higher median household income ($65,703 vs $64,494 in Mills County). Mills County has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $173,100 in Kimble County).

Population, income & housing

	Kimble County	Mills County
Population	4,355	4,499
Median age	50.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,703	$64,494
Median home value	$173,100	$200,200
Median gross rent	$795	$713
Housing units	2,825	2,614
Homeownership rate	78.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kimble County	Mills County
Population	4,373 → 4,355 (-0.4%)	4,889 → 4,499 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$43,328 → $65,703 (+51.6%)	$49,306 → $64,494 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $173,100 (+15.6%)	$140,200 → $200,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $795 (+8.6%)	$624 → $713 (+14.3%)

Kimble County

Population

4,3734,355

Median household income

$43,328$65,703

Median home value

$149,700$173,100

Median gross rent

$732$795

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)

	Kimble County	Mills County
Under 5	4.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	14.5%
75 and over	11.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kimble County	Mills County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kimble County	Mills County
No high school diploma	16.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kimble County	Mills County
Drove alone	76.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	18.6%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kimble County	Mills County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Kimble County	Mills County
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	1977