201,628 people (2024 Census estimate, +23.2% since 2020)
560 square miles of land · 360 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.
32 active community water systems list Comal County in the area they serve, reporting 220,261 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEW BRAUNFELS UTILITIES surface water · local government · TX0460001 | 116,477 served |
| CLWSC CANYON LAKE SHORES surface water · private · TX0460019 | 44,196 served |
| SJWTX TRIPLE PEAK PLANT surface water · private · TX0460172 | 32,973 served |
| CITY OF GARDEN RIDGE groundwater · local government · TX0460027 | 5,100 served |
| SJWTX GLENWOOD SUBDIVISION buys surface water · private · TX0460246 | 2,985 served |
| GBRA JOHNSON RANCH SUBDIVISION buys surface water · local government · TX0460265 | 2,322 served |
| CANYON LAKE MOBILE HOME ESTATES groundwater · private · TX0460063 | 2,202 served |
| OAK VILLAGE NORTH groundwater · private · TX0460037 | 1,944 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 505 people were held in Comal County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 444.
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 Comal County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $502.7 million — $277.6 million to run schools, about $9,736 per student, plus $162.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $354.2 million local (mostly property tax), $32.8 million state, $26.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1 billion.
Spent $142.4 million — $93.5 million to run schools, about $9,591 per student, plus $33.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $118.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.9 million state, $8.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $350.8 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Comal County about $143.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
231 bridges in Comal County: 175 in good condition, 56 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.6 million of work in Comal County in fiscal 2025, about $10 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: Hays County (22 mi) · Guadalupe County (24 mi) · Kendall County (28 mi) · Bexar County (30 mi) · Blanco County (32 mi) · Caldwell County (38 mi).