Driftwood vs Hays

A side-by-side comparison of Driftwood and Hays: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hays has the higher population (173 vs 141 in Driftwood). Driftwood has the higher median household income ($125,667 vs $89,750 in Hays). Since 2019, Hays's population has grown faster (+12.3% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Driftwood	Hays
Population	141	173
Median age	39.3 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,667	$89,750
Median home value	—	$330,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,150
Housing units	69	69
Homeownership rate	81.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Driftwood	Hays
Population	176 → 141 (-19.9%)	154 → 173 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$104,943 → $125,667 (+19.7%)	$47,188 → $89,750 (+90.2%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $414,700 (+8.6%)	$210,900 → $330,400 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,708 → $2,150 (+25.9%)

Driftwood

Population

176141

Median household income

$104,943$125,667

Median home value

$381,800$414,700

Hays

Population

154173

Median household income

$47,188$89,750

Median home value

$210,900$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Driftwood	Hays
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	44.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	44.0%	4.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	23.1%
75 and over	6.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Driftwood	Hays
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	53.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	6.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Driftwood	Hays
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	78.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Driftwood	Hays
Drove alone	100.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Driftwood	Hays
1-unit, detached	55.1%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	1.4%
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	36.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Driftwood	Hays
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.6%
Average household size	3.20	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1998	1970