Mountain City vs Niederwald

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

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

Niederwald has the higher population (1,089 vs 855 in Mountain City). Mountain City has the higher median household income ($149,432 vs $49,625 in Niederwald). Mountain City has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $204,300 in Niederwald).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain City	Niederwald
Population	855	1,089
Median age	37.5 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,432	$49,625
Median home value	$455,300	$204,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,371
Housing units	278	363
Homeownership rate	98.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain City	Niederwald
Population	739 → 855 (+15.7%)	576 → 1,089 (+89.1%)
Median household income	$121,518 → $149,432 (+23.0%)	$57,500 → $49,625 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$301,400 → $455,300 (+51.1%)	$138,500 → $204,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $2,625 (+31.3%)	$1,038 → $1,371 (+32.1%)

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

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)

	Mountain City	Niederwald
Under 5	10.6%	13.3%
5 to 17	20.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	29.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	5.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain City	Niederwald
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	75.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain City	Niederwald
No high school diploma	1.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain City	Niederwald
Drove alone	75.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain City	Niederwald
1-unit, detached	99.3%	20.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountain City	Niederwald
Poverty rate	0.7%	25.0%
Average household size	3.13	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1987	2000