Dripping Springs vs Wimberley

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

Dripping Springs and Wimberley 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 2,873 in Wimberley). Dripping Springs has the higher median household income ($106,103 vs $78,351 in Wimberley). Dripping Springs has the higher median home value ($579,300 vs $492,700 in Wimberley).

Population, income & housing

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
Population	6,322	2,873
Median age	37.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,103	$78,351
Median home value	$579,300	$492,700
Median gross rent	$1,985	$946
Housing units	2,605	1,443
Homeownership rate	51.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
Population	4,119 → 6,322 (+53.5%)	3,037 → 2,873 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $106,103 (+32.6%)	$64,141 → $78,351 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$389,200 → $579,300 (+48.8%)	$288,200 → $492,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,985 (+71.1%)	$795 → $946 (+19.0%)

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

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)

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
Under 5	6.5%	0.4%
5 to 17	25.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	18.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	5.6%	25.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.4%
75 and over	9.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	10.9%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
Drove alone	48.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.9%	17.4%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
1-unit, detached	50.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	23.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Dripping Springs	Wimberley
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2013	1994