78155Seguin, Texas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 78155.

65out of 100
Area Score
Top 33% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3279th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured53
Schools2586th of 4,422 ZIP areas measured45
GrowthTop 13% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured72
Housing affordabilityTop 39% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured86
ClimateTop 45% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured71
Physical resilienceTop 41% of 6,709 ZIP areas measured66
Access5086th of 6,791 ZIP areas measured83
Economic stability4854th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured46
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.6% and median household income $71,039, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

In the public schools here, 35% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.7 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 682 units authorized over the past twelve months, 31% below the prior year.

At a glance

Population
55,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$71,039
Bottom 49% nationally
Density
156/sq mi
355.5 sq mi of land
Median age
39.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Seguin
Texas
Metro area
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Nearest major airport
SAT
32 mi · San Antonio Intl
Median home value
$266,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.6% is lower than 43% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.9% over the past year, to 18,217 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$5,584$71,039Bottom 49%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,852$36,571Top 50%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate16.9%Top 26%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.6 minTop 45%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher21.7%Bottom 45%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment18,217Bottom 16%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)8.3%Top 1%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.9%Bottom 46%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force19,090Bottom 16%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation62.3%Top 43%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$61,140Bottom 24%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,010Bottom 20%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.3%Top 40%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate4.6%Top 43%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202471k62k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $71,039 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Seguin, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

35% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 37% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.7 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
19
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.7
across all schools here
Math proficiency
34.8%
Bottom 44% in Texas
Reading proficiency
37.4%
Bottom 44% in Texas
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
SEGUIN H SSEGUIN ISD2,02015.7
BRIESEMEISTER MIDDLESEGUIN ISD79817.027%27%
JIM BARNES MIDDLESEGUIN ISD76215.635%32%
NAVARRO ELNAVARRO ISD71916.037%57%
NAVARRO H SNAVARRO ISD70313.3
NAVARRO INTNAVARRO ISD67017.245%47%
NAVARRO J HNAVARRO ISD61015.657%52%
KOENNECKE ELSEGUIN ISD56017.533%35%
ORALIA R RODRIGUEZ ELSEGUIN ISD49917.227%30%
VOGEL ELSEGUIN ISD48416.728%34%
COMAL CREEK ELCOMAL ISD45513.0
WEINERT ELSEGUIN ISD44314.836%40%

62.6% 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 $1,198 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.8 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
20.2%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,198
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$266,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income3.75Top 33%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.5%Bottom 35%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±74922,688Top 2%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$84$1,198Top 36%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$11,315$266,700Top 39%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income20.2%Top 34%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.4%Bottom 35%of 33,0282024 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
72/ 100
Top 13% of 5,428 published city profiles

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.

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

At 20.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
682
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
20.2
Top 2% nationally
Year over year
−31%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Seguin, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 96°F and January a low of 40°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 31.3 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO, 12.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation31.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low40°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high96°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

66 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hail and drought.

HailModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, tornado, lightning, heat wave, winter weather, wildfire, cold wave, hurricane, strong wind, ice storm, landslide, earthquake.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. 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.

Guadalupe County records 3.1 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 12.2 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 7.4 per 100,000 residents in Guadalupe County.

Homicide
3.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
12.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
7.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
14.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

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 Guadalupe 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 78155 rather than 78155 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
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. 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. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

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

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
San Antonio IntlSAT32 mi8,505 ft
Austin-Bergstrom IntlAUS48 mi12,250 ft
Victoria RgnlVCT77 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
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
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.

78155 vs Seguin

How this ZIP area compares with Seguin as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

78155
Seguin
Median household income
$71,039
vs
$64,861
Per capita income
$36,571
vs
$33,633
Population density
156/sq mi
vs
843/sq mi
Median home value
$266,700
vs
$249,400
Median gross rent
$1,198
vs
$1,187
Homeownership rate
72.5%
vs
65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
21.7%
vs
19.2%
Poverty rate
16.9%
vs
17.1%
Median age
39.4
vs
37.1

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.