Kendall County, TX

County Profile

48,567 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Kendall County, TX.

Several figures AreaProfile publishes are measured by county and nowhere finer — death rates by intent among them. On this page those describe the geography they are printed on, which is not true of the city and ZIP pages that inherit them.

75out of 100
Area Score
Top 9% of 1,225 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 20% of 1,255 counties71
SchoolsTop 5% of 973 counties87
GrowthTop 8% of 1,226 counties75
Housing affordability899th of 1,255 counties84
ClimateTop 31% of 1,254 counties73
Physical resilienceTop 48% of 1,255 counties63
Access651st of 1,255 counties81
Economic stabilityTop 24% of 1,255 counties79
The quick read

Kendall County ranks in the top 20% of published profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 4.1% and median household income of $114,962.

Residential permitting has slowed: 445 units authorized over the past twelve months, 19% below the prior year.

Rent takes 17% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 4.5 times that income.

At a glance

Population
48,567
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$114,962
Top 2% nationally
Density
73/sq mi
662.5 sq mi of land
Median age
43.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Kendall County
Texas
Metro area
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Nearest major airport
SAT
32 mi · San Antonio Intl
Median home value
$512,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.1% is lower than 54% of the 1,255 measured US locations.

Employment fell 1.0% over the past year, to 23,609 employed residents.

49% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 96% of measured US locations.

Household income is higher than at least 98% of measured US locations.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$8,014$114,962Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,109$58,970Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate5.0%Bottom 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute30.2 minTop 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher48.9%Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment23,609Bottom 30%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)3.5%Top 17%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.0%Bottom 42%June 2026
Labor force24,617Bottom 30%June 2026
Labor force participation59.7%Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.6%Top 23%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.1%Bottom 46%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032025/102026/064.52.9
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 4.1% in June 2026. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024115k101k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $114,962 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers40,040$27,810
Customer Service Representatives34,730$42,720
Home Health and Personal Care Aides31,420$25,960
General and Operations Managers30,560$99,790
Retail Salespersons27,580$30,960
Stockers and Order Fillers27,440$37,360

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

58% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 58% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.6 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
16
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.6
across all schools here
Math proficiency
58.5%
Top 1% in Texas
Reading proficiency
57.5%
Top 1% in Texas
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
BOERNE - SAMUEL V CHAMPION H SBOERNE ISD2,06717.5
BOERNE H SBOERNE ISD1,49416.8
BOERNE MIDDLE SOUTHBOERNE ISD90918.267%62%
BOERNE MIDDLE NORTHBOERNE ISD86317.377%62%
VOSS MIDDLEBOERNE ISD76418.267%72%
FABRA ELBOERNE ISD69714.849%48%
CURINGTON ELBOERNE ISD63914.553%49%
HERFF ELBOERNE ISD61515.062%66%
KENDALL ELBOERNE ISD56213.757%57%
COMFORT ELCOMFORT ISD47214.329%39%
CIBOLO CREEK ELBOERNE ISD43812.959%59%
COMFORT H SCOMFORT ISD36911.9

24.1% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,606 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.5 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,606
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$512,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.46Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate79.5%Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3819,213Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$77$1,606Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$31,098$512,700Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.8%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.7%Bottom 18%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
75/ 100
Top 8% of 1,226 published city profiles
Permitting is decreasing, measured from 2020 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 16% since 2020, reaching 51,828 in 2024.

Permitting has turned downward after moving the other way the year before.

Population is still rising, but more slowly than in the preceding year.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 9.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US locations.

Units permitted
445
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
9.2
Top 10% nationally
Year over year
−19%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202452k45k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
202020212022202320242025517310
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was lower than 2020 (−11%).

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 95°F and January a low of 41°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 32.4 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SAN ANTONIO INTL AP, 30.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation32.4"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low41°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high95°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing33°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

63 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hail and strong wind.

HailElevated
WildfireModerate
Inland floodingModerate
DroughtModerate
Strong windElevated
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, winter weather, tornado, cold wave, hurricane, heat wave, ice storm, earthquake.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA National Risk Index county record. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Kendall County records 0.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 14.8 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 13.4 per 100,000 residents in Kendall County.

Homicide
0.0
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
14.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
13.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
21.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Kendall County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Kendall County rather than Kendall County itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 32 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
San Antonio IntlSAT32 mi8,505 ft
Austin-Bergstrom IntlAUS65 mi12,250 ft
Victoria RgnlVCT131 mi9,111 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.