Buda vs Dripping Springs

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

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

Buda has the higher population (15,487 vs 6,322 in Dripping Springs). Buda has the higher median household income ($111,179 vs $106,103 in Dripping Springs). Dripping Springs has the higher median home value ($579,300 vs $410,100 in Buda).

Population, income & housing

	Buda	Dripping Springs
Population	15,487	6,322
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,179	$106,103
Median home value	$410,100	$579,300
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,985
Housing units	6,058	2,605
Homeownership rate	73.6%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buda	Dripping Springs
Population	15,565 → 15,487 (-0.5%)	4,119 → 6,322 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$89,688 → $111,179 (+24.0%)	$80,000 → $106,103 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $410,100 (+59.1%)	$389,200 → $579,300 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,785 (+28.0%)	$1,160 → $1,985 (+71.1%)

Buda

Population

15,56515,487

Median household income

$89,688$111,179

Median home value

$257,800$410,100

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,785

Dripping Springs

Population

4,1196,322

Median household income

$80,000$106,103

Median home value

$389,200$579,300

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buda	Dripping Springs
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	25.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	5.6%
65 to 74	5.2%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buda	Dripping Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	75.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buda	Dripping Springs
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	18.5%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buda	Dripping Springs
Drove alone	77.5%	48.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	37.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buda	Dripping Springs
1-unit, detached	83.9%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	8.8%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Buda	Dripping Springs
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	2011	2013