Driftwood vs Mountain City

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

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

Mountain City has the higher population (855 vs 141 in Driftwood). Mountain City has the higher median household income ($149,432 vs $125,667 in Driftwood). Since 2019, Mountain City's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Driftwood	Mountain City
Population	141	855
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,667	$149,432
Median home value	—	$455,300
Housing units	69	278
Homeownership rate	81.8%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Driftwood	Mountain City
Population	176 → 141 (-19.9%)	739 → 855 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$104,943 → $125,667 (+19.7%)	$121,518 → $149,432 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $414,700 (+8.6%)	$301,400 → $455,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,000 → $2,625 (+31.3%)

Driftwood

Population

176141

Median household income

$104,943$125,667

Median home value

$381,800$414,700

Mountain City

Population

739855

Median household income

$121,518$149,432

Median home value

$301,400$455,300

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Driftwood	Mountain City
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	44.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	44.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.3%
75 and over	6.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Driftwood	Mountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Driftwood	Mountain City
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	78.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Driftwood	Mountain City
Drove alone	100.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Driftwood	Mountain City
1-unit, detached	55.1%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.7%
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	Mountain City
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.7%
Average household size	3.20	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1998	1987