Mountain City vs Wimberley

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

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

Wimberley has the higher population (2,873 vs 855 in Mountain City). Mountain City has the higher median household income ($149,432 vs $78,351 in Wimberley). Wimberley has the higher median home value ($492,700 vs $455,300 in Mountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain City	Wimberley
Population	855	2,873
Median age	37.5 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,432	$78,351
Median home value	$455,300	$492,700
Median gross rent	—	$946
Housing units	278	1,443
Homeownership rate	98.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain City	Wimberley
Population	739 → 855 (+15.7%)	3,037 → 2,873 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$121,518 → $149,432 (+23.0%)	$64,141 → $78,351 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$301,400 → $455,300 (+51.1%)	$288,200 → $492,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $2,625 (+31.3%)	$795 → $946 (+19.0%)

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

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)

	Mountain City	Wimberley
Under 5	10.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	25.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	12.4%
75 and over	5.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain City	Wimberley
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain City	Wimberley
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain City	Wimberley
Drove alone	75.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain City	Wimberley
1-unit, detached	99.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Mountain City	Wimberley
Poverty rate	0.7%	5.8%
Average household size	3.13	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1987	1994