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Population (year 2000): 1,548. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,666 (+7.6% change)
Males: 794 (51.3%), Females: 754 (48.7%)
Hays County
Zip code:
78620
Median resident age: 36.3 years
Median household income: $47,212 (year 2000)
Median house value: $145,600 (year 2000)
Races in Dripping Springs:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.3%)
- Hispanic (18.7%)
- Other race (10.6%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.1%), English (12.1%),
Irish (10.4%), French (6.5%), United States (4.7%), Scotch-Irish
(4.2%).
Elevation: 1156 feet
Land area: 3.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dripping Springs
- High school or higher: 80.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dripping Springs city
- Never married: 23.3%
- Now married: 59.6%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 10.9%
9.0% Foreign born (8.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +356 (+29.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dripping Springs:
- CENTRAL TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; SAN
MARCOS, TX)
- TEXAS NEURO REHABILITATION CENTER (about 21 miles;
AUSTIN, TX)
- SOUTH AUSTIN HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; AUSTIN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dripping Springs:
- AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (about 29 miles; AUSTIN, TX;
ID: AUS)
- SAN ANTONIO INTL (about 53 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX;
ID: SAT)
- ROBERT GRAY AAF (about 63 miles; FORT HOOD/KILLEEN,
TX; ID: GRK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dripping Springs:
- LAKEWAY AIRPARK (about 13 miles; AUSTIN, TX; ID:
3R9)
- SPICEWOOD (about 19 miles; SPICEWOOD, TX; ID: 88R)
- LAGO VISTA TX - RUSTY ALLEN (about 22 miles; LAGO
VISTA, TX; ID: 5R3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dripping Springs:
- SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,870)
- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles;
SAN MARCOS, TX; FT enrollment: 18,822)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (about 26 miles;
AUSTIN, TX; FT enrollment: 46,503)
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 12,819)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (about 55 miles;
SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,734)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO (about 57
miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; FT enrollment: 14,495)
- SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE (about 58 miles; SAN ANTONIO,
TX; FT enrollment: 11,226)
Public high school in Dripping Springs:
- DRIPPING SPRINGS H S (Students: 1,062;
Location: 510 MERCER; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Dripping Springs:
- DRIPPING SPRINGS PRI (Students: 896;
Location: 510 MERCER; Grades: PK - 03)
- DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE (Students: 827;
Location: 510 MERCER; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DRIPPING SPRINGS INT (Students: 495;
Location: 510 MERCER; Grades: 04 - 05)
Library in Dripping Springs:
- DRIPPING SPRINGS COMMUNITY LIBRARY (Operating
income: $183,735; Location: 501 SPORTSPLEX DR; 18,503
books; 431 audio materials; 384 video materials; 75
serial subscriptions)
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