Buda vs Wimberley

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

Buda and Wimberley 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 2,873 in Wimberley). Buda has the higher median household income ($111,179 vs $78,351 in Wimberley). Wimberley has the higher median home value ($492,700 vs $410,100 in Buda).

Population, income & housing

	Buda	Wimberley
Population	15,487	2,873
Median age	36.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,179	$78,351
Median home value	$410,100	$492,700
Median gross rent	$1,785	$946
Housing units	6,058	1,443
Homeownership rate	73.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buda	Wimberley
Population	15,565 → 15,487 (-0.5%)	3,037 → 2,873 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$89,688 → $111,179 (+24.0%)	$64,141 → $78,351 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $410,100 (+59.1%)	$288,200 → $492,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,785 (+28.0%)	$795 → $946 (+19.0%)

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

Wimberley

Population

3,0372,873

Median household income

$64,141$78,351

Median home value

$288,200$492,700

Median gross rent

$795$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buda	Wimberley
Under 5	6.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	18.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	25.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	12.4%
75 and over	3.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buda	Wimberley
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buda	Wimberley
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	18.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buda	Wimberley
Drove alone	77.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buda	Wimberley
1-unit, detached	83.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Buda	Wimberley
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	2011	1994