Hays vs Mountain City

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

Hays 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 173 in Hays). Mountain City has the higher median household income ($149,432 vs $89,750 in Hays). Mountain City has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $330,400 in Hays).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Mountain City
Population	173	855
Median age	54.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,750	$149,432
Median home value	$330,400	$455,300
Median gross rent	$2,150	—
Housing units	69	278
Homeownership rate	89.9%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Mountain City
Population	154 → 173 (+12.3%)	739 → 855 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $89,750 (+90.2%)	$121,518 → $149,432 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$210,900 → $330,400 (+56.7%)	$301,400 → $455,300 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $2,150 (+25.9%)	$2,000 → $2,625 (+31.3%)

Hays

Population

154173

Median household income

$47,188$89,750

Median home value

$210,900$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,150

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)

	Hays	Mountain City
Under 5	5.2%	10.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	23.1%	6.3%
75 and over	12.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Mountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	6.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Mountain City
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Mountain City
Drove alone	84.2%	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	15.8%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Mountain City
1-unit, detached	98.6%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Mountain City
Poverty rate	4.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.51	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1970	1987