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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 13.36
The average living wage for the state of Texas is $30.75/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Texas a minimum wage score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Texas a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Texas is $150.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 10.49 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 19.05

X Texas does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Texas does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Texas does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Texas does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Texas does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Texas does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Texas does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Texas does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Texas does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Texas does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Texas does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Texas does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 20

X Texas does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Texas does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Texas does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X Texas does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Texas does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Texas does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Hays County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 19.89% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 54.41%
Republican: 43.59%
Libertarian: 1.59%
Green: 0.38%
Other: 0.03%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 78620
Latitude : 30.222570
Longitude : -98.144792
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 1318 ft.
Area Code(s) : 512, 737

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.75
Male Population Estimate : 33.63%
Female Population Estimate : 33.10%
Median Age : 42.5
Male Median Age : 41.9
Female Median Age : 43.0

White Population Estimate : 62.17%
Black Population Estimate : 0.65%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 8.65%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.88%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.09%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.05%
Other Population Estimate : 3.35%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Dripping Springs specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Hays County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Hays County: About 244 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Hays County is about 11% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 15% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.