22,830 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.7% since 2020)
791 square miles of land · 29 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
25 active community water systems list Bandera County in the area they serve, reporting 15,522 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAKE MEDINA SHORES groundwater · private · TX0100037 | 3,660 served |
| CITY OF BANDERA groundwater · local government · TX0100012 | 3,231 served |
| BANDERA COUNTY FWSD 1 groundwater · local government · TX0100011 | 1,092 served |
| BANDERA RIVER RANCH 1 groundwater · private · TX0100017 | 1,053 served |
| BRIDLEGATE SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · TX0100092 | 882 served |
| FLYING L PUD groundwater · local government · TX0100016 | 837 served |
| LAKEWOOD WATER groundwater · private · TX0100047 | 816 served |
| MEDINA WSC groundwater · local government · TX0100013 | 774 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 56 people were held in Bandera County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 65.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Bandera County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $27.4 million — $23.4 million to run schools, about $9,848 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.9 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.6 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $4.8 million to run schools, about $19,602 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $362,000 state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bandera County about $17 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
66 bridges in Bandera County: 41 in good condition, 24 fair, and 1 poor (1.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PATTERSON STREET over MEDINA RIVER · built 1940 | 38 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.7 million of work in Bandera County in fiscal 2025, about $128 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov
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Nearby counties: Kerr County (22 mi) · Medina County (29 mi) · Real County (34 mi) · Kendall County (35 mi) · Uvalde County (42 mi) · Gillespie County (43 mi).