New Braunfels vs Spring Branch

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

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

New Braunfels has the higher population (98,700 vs 260 in Spring Branch). Spring Branch has the higher median household income ($157,694 vs $88,257 in New Braunfels). Since 2019, Spring Branch's population has grown faster (+1030.4% vs +24.2%).

Population, income & housing

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
Population	98,700	260
Median age	36.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,257	$157,694
Median home value	$315,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,536	$2,206
Housing units	41,814	111
Homeownership rate	65.2%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
Population	79,438 → 98,700 (+24.2%)	23 → 260 (+1030.4%)
Median household income	$71,044 → $88,257 (+24.2%)	$132,929 → $157,694 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$219,200 → $315,100 (+43.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,536 (+29.8%)	—

New Braunfels

Population

79,43898,700

Median household income

$71,044$88,257

Median home value

$219,200$315,100

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,536

Spring Branch

Population

23260

Median household income

$132,929$157,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
Under 5	6.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	43.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	4.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
Drove alone	73.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
1-unit, detached	68.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	New Braunfels	Spring Branch
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	79
Median year structure built	2005	1949