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Dripping Springs Independent School District, TX

46,100 Population
196.4 square miles 234.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hays County: 34.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$72,388 ±$4,455 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hays County: $44,565 ±$1,186
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$169,874 ±$15,997 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Hays County: $89,097 ±$2,532
  • more than double the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1.1% (1,253  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hays County: 12.1% 31,591 (±0.9% / ±2,368)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±4.7 (397,410  ±39,655) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hays County: 31.3 3,558,390 (±0.9 / ±126,279)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,747 ±659 Number of households
  • Hays County: 99,849 ±744
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (45,976  ±2,336) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hays County: 2.6 260,428 (±0 / ±673)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±1.7% (440  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hays County: 5.3% † 3,880 (±0.9% / ±671)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,337 ±708 Number of housing units
  • Hays County: 104,675 ±270
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$735,500 ±$23,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Hays County: $399,800 ±$10,271
  • more than double the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2.2% (4,602  ±1,024.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hays County: 18.2% 48,206 (±1.2% / ±3,201)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.4% ±3% (29,438  ±1,467.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hays County: 92% 154,879 (±2.2% / ±3,716.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
67.7% ±2.9% (20,253  ±1,170.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hays County: 43.2% 72,625 (±1.5% / ±2,504.5)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.7% ±1.3% (3,565  ±629) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hays County: 9.8% 26,313
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1% (2,279  ±336) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hays County: 6.8% 14,042 (±0.5% / ±1,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,279 Total veterans ±336 2,107 Male ±314 172 Female ±85

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