Mills County vs Wheeler County

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

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

Wheeler County has the higher population (4,902 vs 4,499 in Mills County). Wheeler County has the higher median household income ($67,964 vs $64,494 in Mills County). Mills County has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $97,600 in Wheeler County).

Population, income & housing

	Mills County	Wheeler County
Population	4,499	4,902
Median age	52.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,494	$67,964
Median home value	$200,200	$97,600
Median gross rent	$713	$995
Housing units	2,614	2,595
Homeownership rate	84.5%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mills County	Wheeler County
Population	4,889 → 4,499 (-8.0%)	5,338 → 4,902 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$49,306 → $64,494 (+30.8%)	$49,315 → $67,964 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $200,200 (+42.8%)	$84,000 → $97,600 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $713 (+14.3%)	$705 → $995 (+41.1%)

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

Wheeler County

Population

5,3384,902

Median household income

$49,315$67,964

Median home value

$84,000$97,600

Median gross rent

$705$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mills County	Wheeler County
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.2%
75 and over	14.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mills County	Wheeler County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mills County	Wheeler County
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	30.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mills County	Wheeler County
Drove alone	75.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mills County	Wheeler County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Mills County	Wheeler County
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1977	1961