14,359 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.4% since 2020)
938 square miles of land · 15 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.
6 active community water systems list Comanche County in the area they serve, reporting 11,049 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF COMANCHE buys surface water · local government · TX0470001 | 4,211 served |
| UPPER LEON RIVER MWD surface water · local government · TX0470015 | 3,018 served |
| CITY OF DE LEON buys surface water · local government · TX0470002 | 2,171 served |
| COMANCHE COUNTY WSC BEATTIE buys surface water · local government · TX0470028 | 1,038 served |
| CITY OF GUSTINE groundwater · local government · TX0470003 | 392 served |
| COMANCHE COUNTY WSC SIPE SPRINGS buys surface water · local government · TX0470027 | 219 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 35 people were held in Comanche County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 27.
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 Comanche County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.3 million — $17 million to run schools, about $12,705 per student, plus $968,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.2 million.
Spent $13.1 million — $11.4 million to run schools, about $15,786 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6 million.
Spent $3.2 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $20,411 per student, plus $92,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $640,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $3 million — $2 million to run schools, about $16,476 per student, plus $910,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $355,000 federal. Long-term debt: $975,000.
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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Comanche County about $11 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
212 bridges in Comanche County: 98 in good condition, 110 fair, and 4 poor (1.9%). “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.
| CR 250 over SOUTH LEON RIVER · built 1993 | 100 vehicles a day |
| CR 260 over SOUTH LEON RIVER · built 1982 | 80 vehicles a day |
| CR 445 over SABANA RIVER · built 2002 | 50 vehicles a day |
| CR 235 over SOUTH LEON RIVER · built 1970 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.1 million of work in Comanche County in fiscal 2025, about $593 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: Erath County (28 mi) · Brown County (29 mi) · Hamilton County (31 mi) · Eastland County (31 mi) · Mills County (32 mi) · Coleman County (47 mi).