Payne Springs is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Payne Springs, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
If Payne Springs were 100 households, 81 would own their home
The census count changed by −3% from 2010 to 2020. The population is about 788 (2025 Census estimate). A bachelor’s degree or more: 19 in every 100 adults 25 and older. Home workers make up 10 in 100 workers (TX: 14).
Median age 36.2 (TX 35.6).
Counted by household. Plus 13.4% of homes are seasonal.
Adults 25 and older. 10.5% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 44 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Payne Springs says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Payne Springs
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Payne Springs’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Payne Springs or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Payne Springs in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.