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Dripping Springs, TX

7,405 Population
8.8 square miles 840 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 36 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$65,218 ±$8,739 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $56,313 ±$449
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$109,364 ±$13,846 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $100,431 ±$996
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

2.2% ±1.9% (158  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 9.8% 233,722 (±0.4% / ±8,680)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

27.4 minutes ±3.8 (53,315  ±15,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 27.3 26,280,460 (±0.2 / ±269,395)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

3,015 ±334 Number of households
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 989,434 ±2,299
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.4 ±0.3 (7,349  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 2.4 2,379,805 (±0 / ±871)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.7% ±4.8% (99  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 4.8% 30,714 (±0.3% / ±2,053)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

3,127 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 1,042,843 ±409
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$635,600 ±$37,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $465,000 ±$2,494
  • more than double the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

19% ±8.3% (1,392  ±607.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 17.4% 418,354 (±0.4% / ±9,174.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

97.2% ±8.9% (4,587  ±561.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 91.9% 1,535,645 (±0.7% / ±10,904.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
67.8% ±8.3% (3,200  ±468.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 50.9% 850,974 (±0.5% / ±7,543.7)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±4.4% (632  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 16.3% 396,199
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.8% ±3.2% (341  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 108,817 (±0.2% / ±3,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
341 Total veterans ±165 319 Male ±156 22 Female ±29

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