San Marcos vs Wimberley

A side-by-side comparison of San Marcos and Wimberley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Marcos has the higher population (68,920 vs 2,873 in Wimberley). Wimberley has the higher median household income ($78,351 vs $51,030 in San Marcos). Wimberley has the higher median home value ($492,700 vs $269,700 in San Marcos).

Population, income & housing

	San Marcos	Wimberley
Population	68,920	2,873
Median age	25.5 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,030	$78,351
Median home value	$269,700	$492,700
Median gross rent	$1,299	$946
Housing units	29,892	1,443
Homeownership rate	30.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Marcos	Wimberley
Population	63,220 → 68,920 (+9.0%)	3,037 → 2,873 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$40,370 → $51,030 (+26.4%)	$64,141 → $78,351 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $269,700 (+57.3%)	$288,200 → $492,700 (+71.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,299 (+22.1%)	$795 → $946 (+19.0%)

San Marcos

Population

63,22068,920

Median household income

$40,370$51,030

Median home value

$171,500$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,299

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)

	San Marcos	Wimberley
Under 5	4.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	10.1%
18 to 24	36.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	25.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.4%
75 and over	3.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Marcos	Wimberley
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	41.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Marcos	Wimberley
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	23.2%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Marcos	Wimberley
Drove alone	71.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Marcos	Wimberley
1-unit, detached	33.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	26.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	San Marcos	Wimberley
Poverty rate	26.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1998	1994