Buda vs San Marcos

A side-by-side comparison of Buda and San Marcos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Marcos has the higher population (68,920 vs 15,487 in Buda). Buda has the higher median household income ($111,179 vs $51,030 in San Marcos). Buda has the higher median home value ($410,100 vs $269,700 in San Marcos).

Population, income & housing

	Buda	San Marcos
Population	15,487	68,920
Median age	36.1 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,179	$51,030
Median home value	$410,100	$269,700
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,299
Housing units	6,058	29,892
Homeownership rate	73.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buda	San Marcos
Population	15,565 → 15,487 (-0.5%)	63,220 → 68,920 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$89,688 → $111,179 (+24.0%)	$40,370 → $51,030 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $410,100 (+59.1%)	$171,500 → $269,700 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,785 (+28.0%)	$1,064 → $1,299 (+22.1%)

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

San Marcos

Population

63,22068,920

Median household income

$40,370$51,030

Median home value

$171,500$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buda	San Marcos
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	36.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.2%
75 and over	3.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buda	San Marcos
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	45.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buda	San Marcos
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	18.5%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buda	San Marcos
Drove alone	77.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.9%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buda	San Marcos
1-unit, detached	83.9%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	21.4%
20 or more units	8.8%	26.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Buda	San Marcos
Poverty rate	5.3%	26.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	2011	1998