Dripping Springs vs East Globe

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

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

East Globe has the higher population (296 vs 277 in Dripping Springs). East Globe has the higher median household income ($67,031 vs $48,355 in Dripping Springs). Since 2019, East Globe's population has grown faster (+73.1% vs +7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
Population	277	296
Median age	60.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,355	$67,031
Median gross rent	$534	—
Housing units	125	96
Homeownership rate	77.4%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
Population	258 → 277 (+7.4%)	171 → 296 (+73.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,355 (+17.2%)	$66,786 → $67,031 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$57,600 → $52,500 (-8.9%)	$62,900 → $63,100 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $534 (-16.6%)	—

Dripping Springs

Population

258277

Median household income

$41,250$48,355

Median home value

$57,600$52,500

Median gross rent

$640$534

East Globe

Population

171296

Median household income

$66,786$67,031

Median home value

$62,900$63,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	30.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	24.7%
65 to 74	30.3%	11.1%
75 and over	1.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	88.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
No high school diploma	26.5%	26.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
Drove alone	72.8%	30.2%
Carpooled	23.7%	44.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	25.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
1-unit, detached	16.8%	45.8%
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	83.2%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Dripping Springs	East Globe
Poverty rate	1.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.41	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	60	—
Median year structure built	1976	1998