Dripping Springs vs Young

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

Dripping Springs and Young 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 269 in Young). Dripping Springs has the higher median household income ($48,355 vs $30,956 in Young). Since 2019, Dripping Springs's population has grown faster (+7.4% vs -44.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dripping Springs	Young
Population	277	269
Median age	60.4 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,355	$30,956
Median home value	—	$250,900
Median gross rent	$534	—
Housing units	125	334
Homeownership rate	77.4%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dripping Springs	Young
Population	258 → 277 (+7.4%)	482 → 269 (-44.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,355 (+17.2%)	$36,136 → $30,956 (-14.3%)
Median home value	$57,600 → $52,500 (-8.9%)	$190,700 → $250,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $534 (-16.6%)	$499 → $593 (+18.8%)

Dripping Springs

Population

258277

Median household income

$41,250$48,355

Median home value

$57,600$52,500

Median gross rent

$640$534

Young

Population

482269

Median household income

$36,136$30,956

Median home value

$190,700$250,900

Median gross rent

$499$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dripping Springs	Young
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	1.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	28.6%
65 to 74	30.3%	37.9%
75 and over	1.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dripping Springs	Young
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	97.8%
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	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dripping Springs	Young
No high school diploma	26.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dripping Springs	Young
Drove alone	72.8%	29.6%
Carpooled	23.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	44.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dripping Springs	Young
1-unit, detached	16.8%	75.7%
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%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Dripping Springs	Young
Poverty rate	1.4%	24.2%
Average household size	2.41	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	60	—
Median year structure built	1976	2000