Deer Creek vs Dripping Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Dripping Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Creek and Dripping Springs are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dripping Springs has the higher population (277 vs 201 in Deer Creek). Dripping Springs has the higher median household income ($48,355 vs $36,713 in Deer Creek). Since 2019, Deer Creek's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs +7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
Population	201	277
Median age	77.6 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,713	$48,355
Median home value	$315,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$534
Housing units	143	125
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
Population	182 → 201 (+10.4%)	258 → 277 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$44,100 → $36,713 (-16.8%)	$41,250 → $48,355 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $315,100 (+113.3%)	$57,600 → $52,500 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $534 (-16.6%)

Deer Creek

Population

182201

Median household income

$44,100$36,713

Median home value

$147,700$315,100

Dripping Springs

Population

258277

Median household income

$41,250$48,355

Median home value

$57,600$52,500

Median gross rent

$640$534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	32.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	30.3%
75 and over	55.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
No high school diploma	14.4%	26.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
Drove alone	87.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	12.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
1-unit, detached	62.9%	16.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	83.2%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Dripping Springs
Poverty rate	12.9%	1.4%
Average household size	1.58	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	60
Median year structure built	1994	1976