Bulverde vs Spring Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Bulverde and Spring Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Bulverde and Spring Branch are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bulverde has the higher population (6,164 vs 260 in Spring Branch). Spring Branch has the higher median household income ($157,694 vs $108,413 in Bulverde). Since 2019, Spring Branch's population has grown faster (+1030.4% vs +19.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
Population	6,164	260
Median age	53.9 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,413	$157,694
Median home value	$380,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,451	$2,206
Housing units	2,550	111
Homeownership rate	92.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
Population	5,162 → 6,164 (+19.4%)	23 → 260 (+1030.4%)
Median household income	$93,534 → $108,413 (+15.9%)	$132,929 → $157,694 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$308,300 → $380,100 (+23.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,451 (+31.4%)	—

Bulverde

Population

5,1626,164

Median household income

$93,534$108,413

Median home value

$308,300$380,100

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,451

Spring Branch

Population

23260

Median household income

$132,929$157,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
Under 5	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	14.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	43.1%
55 to 64	19.2%	4.2%
65 to 74	17.4%	5.0%
75 and over	12.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	22.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
Drove alone	70.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
1-unit, detached	92.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	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	5.7%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Bulverde	Spring Branch
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	79
Median year structure built	1995	1949