114,931 people (2024 Census estimate, +17.2% since 2020)
888 square miles of land · 129 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.
22 active community water systems list Bastrop County in the area they serve, reporting 130,906 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| AQUA WSC groundwater · local government · TX0110013 | 86,325 served |
| CITY OF BASTROP groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · TX0110001 | 13,209 served |
| CITY OF ELGIN groundwater · local government · TX0110002 | 13,188 served |
| BASTROP COUNTY WCID 2 groundwater · local government · TX0110020 | 7,269 served |
| CITY OF SMITHVILLE groundwater · local government · TX0110003 | 4,901 served |
| THE COLONY MUD 1A buys groundwater · local government · TX0110053 | 2,262 served |
| BASTROP COUNTY WCID 1 groundwater · local government · TX0110014 | 696 served |
| THE COLONY MUD 1B buys groundwater · local government · TX0110054 | 657 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 257 people were held in Bastrop County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 264.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Bastrop County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $238.1 million — $145.8 million to run schools, about $11,662 per student, plus $78.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $105.3 million local (mostly property tax), $52.8 million state, $25.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $294.5 million.
Spent $105.6 million — $59.9 million to run schools, about $11,080 per student, plus $35.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $48.5 million local (mostly property tax), $31.6 million state, $12.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $198.3 million.
Spent $24.1 million — $21.6 million to run schools, about $11,446 per student, plus $717,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $35.8 million.
Spent $6 million — $5.6 million to run schools, about $15,784 per student, plus $290,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $500,000.
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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bastrop County about $42.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
283 bridges in Bastrop County: 190 in good condition, 92 fair, and 1 poor (0.4%). “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.
| LEAGUE LINE RD over GRASSY CREEK · built 1979 | 110 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.9 million of work in Bastrop County in fiscal 2025, about $50 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: Travis County (25 mi) · Lee County (25 mi) · Caldwell County (26 mi) · Fayette County (28 mi) · Williamson County (42 mi) · Hays County (43 mi).