WELCOME MINEOLA, TEXAS

 

Community Profile

POPULATION

Year

 

City

County

State

      1980

 

        3,896

      24,697

  14,229,000

      1990

 

        4,321

      29,380

  17,045,000

      2000

 

        4,561

      36,752

  20,851,820

      Current

 

         5,611

       38,053

  26,851,820

CLIMATE/CITY MISC. INFO.

Average Annual

Rain:    37"                        Temperature: 70    

 

Elevation: Downtown is 416 ft. above sea level

 

City's incorporated limits:  7.292 square miles

 

City's Latitute:  W 32     and    Longtitue:   W95

 

TAX STRUCTURE

 

Property Tax 

(Rates/$100 of assessed value)

UTILITIES/OTHER INFO.

Water

Supplier:    City of Mineola

Water Source:   Ground Water

Basic Rate:    $4.53 per 1,000 gallons/Min. $8.10

 

Sewer

Treatment Type:   Primary and Secondary

Basic Rate:   $1.66 per 1,000 gallons/Min. $11.35

 

Solid Waste Collection

Allied Waste Disposal:   $14.46/month

 

Service Suppliers

Electric Company:   AEP/SWEPCO – 1.888.216.3523

 Wood Co. Electric - ETJ - 903.763.2203

Natural Gas Company:   CenterPoint Entex – 1.800.259.5544

Telephone Company:   Several available

Cable Company:  Suddenlink Communications – 903.569.2651

 

Fire ISO rating4

 

Housing Units:   1998

 

Total Police Force:    Full time  12  /   Reserve  1

Total Firefighters:   Full time  4  /   Volunteer  25

 

Hospitals

ETMC-Quitman – 903.763.6300

Good Shepherd-Longview – 903.315.1800

Presbyterian Hospital of Winnsboro – 903.342.5227

Trinity Mother Francis HospitalTyler – 903.593.8441

University of Texas Health Center-Tyler – 903.877.3451

 

Ambulance

ETMC- free subscription for residents inside city limits (with application)

                                     

 

City: 

County: 

School:

Other:

 

Total Tax Rate:

Rate 

 

$0.5767

$0.4700

$1.1700

$0.0170

 

$2.2337

 

SALES TAX

City:    1.50%   County:   0.5%     State:   6.25%

Total:  8.25%

 

HOTEL/MOTEL TAX

City:   7%       State:     6%       Total:  13%

 

Total Hotel/Motels/B&B Rooms

109 rooms

 

 

ECONOMY

 http://www.woodcountytx.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Number of School Districts:   1                Mineola ISD

Major Independent School District:    Mineola

Number of Schools:    4                                                Total Enrollment:      1,554           

Enrollment in 12th Grade:   93   

Average SAT Score:       1014                                      Average ACT Score:   20.6

Number of Teachers:    113 

Primary & Elementary  52                                           Secondary:   67          Vocational:     5

Number of Private Schools:     0                                  Colleges within 30 miles:     6

Number of Public Library Volumes:     46,000

 

FOR COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO. CONTACT:

MERCY RUSHING-903-569-6983 OR mlrushing@mineola.com

 

                                                                                   (UPDATED  January 2008)

 

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