Dripping Springs vs Niederwald

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

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

Dripping Springs has the higher population (6,322 vs 1,089 in Niederwald). Dripping Springs has the higher median household income ($106,103 vs $49,625 in Niederwald). Dripping Springs has the higher median home value ($579,300 vs $204,300 in Niederwald).

Population, income & housing

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
Population	6,322	1,089
Median age	37.3 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,103	$49,625
Median home value	$579,300	$204,300
Median gross rent	$1,985	$1,371
Housing units	2,605	363
Homeownership rate	51.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
Population	4,119 → 6,322 (+53.5%)	576 → 1,089 (+89.1%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $106,103 (+32.6%)	$57,500 → $49,625 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$389,200 → $579,300 (+48.8%)	$138,500 → $204,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,985 (+71.1%)	$1,038 → $1,371 (+32.1%)

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

Niederwald

Population

5761,089

Median household income

$57,500$49,625

Median home value

$138,500$204,300

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
Under 5	6.5%	13.3%
5 to 17	25.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	29.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	5.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.9%
75 and over	9.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	75.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
No high school diploma	3.7%	17.7%
High school graduate	10.9%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
Drove alone	48.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.9%	5.3%
Other means	7.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
1-unit, detached	50.7%	20.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.1%	32.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Dripping Springs	Niederwald
Poverty rate	2.1%	25.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	2013	2000